I sent Rick an email not that long ago, it seemed like he'd be coming back soon. Well, we'll see.

I haven't taken the time to take many pictures lately Trev. I'll shoot the barn and the floor when they are done though since you insisted. :)

Yes, I took the week off for projects. It's the only way I can get stuff done with my busines occupying much of my weekends.

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Cool Lex!
Do you get some Easter time off as well?

I sure hope Rick comes back..At least we know he is alright.

Bing,,I am sweating while using my laptop..This peice does generate a bit of heat.
I think I might need that Laptop fan that you were drooling over.

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Hey Gang! Hope everyone had a great day!

Ha, Ha Trev.. I like how you always turn everything around... You really make me laugh buddy :rofl: :wedgie: I seem to recall somebody saying "ooh a USB fan.. I could really use something like that..." "oh, look a dye submination printer, I have been thinking about buying one of those..." :yesnod: I didnt buy anything today except a large Columbian Supremo coffee at the buffeteria
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Nice pictures Kevin! I always enjoy seeing more into the lives of my TTP buddies :^x
I think the only piece of equipment you should add to you DJ duties is one of those turntables so you can do that scratchy, scratchy sound.. heheh

Yeah, where is that Rick character anyway?


I absolutely love the iPod!! :yesnod: I used it all day at work today and while I was walking around the campus. It actually made the snowday much more enjoyable. It's like having your own private radio station that plays what you want, when you want and only the songs you want, with out the commercials. I have 60's, 80's, jazz, country, classic rock, rock, pop, soundtracks, comedy tracks...etc loaded into this. Its just staggering to have so much in such a small mobile package. Sound quality is awesome to ehh, depending on who made the MP3. Most times though it's awesome! Play time is said to be 11 hours, it takes 1 hour to charge it to 80% from flat, 2 hours to fully charge the Lithium polymer cell. It will even charge via the firewire cord when connected to the PC (cool)

Here are some pictures of it.

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fung1/ipod.jpg

Here it is connected to the PC with the firewire cord for download.


http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fung1/ipod1.jpg

Here it is in action. That jog wheel is cool in that it doesn't move at all, rather it just senses you finger gliding over it.


http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fung1/ipod2.jpg

Note the song count, and I still have 3Gb left. Trev was trying to talk me into the 20GB model... Man that would take a life time to listen too :alol:

Additional feature the iPod has is a built in clock calender and a contacts list with phone numbers, you can even import Outlook ..etc contact vCards into the iPod. Then there is the whole portable harddrive thing. Once connected it is just like a removable external harddrive.

I should probably post a short dittley/review on it in the Tower of Power... or somewhere else.

OK, everyone, have a great night if you not already sleeping :Z




Bing

Morning folks :tired: Hey, we have Good Friday off so it's TGIF for me! :B

Now for this morning's news: this one hit a little too close to home. A murder took place about 200 yards from my house. 8O 8O Two bodies were found in a parking lot early this morning. When I left for work investigators were stopping cars and asking questions. I heard a noise early this morning (around 5 am) which sounded a little like 3 gunshots, or a car backfiring or something. I didn't realize it at the time, but apparently they were gunshots. I've been listening to the news but not a lot of information has been released yet. According to the news, someone else apparently heard 5 shots.

Here's a map I doctored up to show where this happened relative to my house:

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8O 8O 8O 8O

Bing, nice looking iPod! :T

Funny cartoon Burke. :LOL:

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Morning Gang :later:

Thanks Kevin :D

Man that is just freaky isn't it? 8O Hopefully they'll have some good leads.




Bing

Morning everyone. Happy Thursday.

Kev, nice shot of you and Heather. You don't like to dress up either, huh? Well, "you clean up real good' as they say here in Texas. That's really scary about the murders. I hope it turns out they were un-related to your neighborhood, at least.

Nice I-Pod Mr. Bing! :drool:

Hey Lex, I've got a whole house to paint in about 3 weeks. You're all practiced at it now. . . .




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Scary stuff kevin 8O

Well thanks to Trevor and Bing we woke up to snow this morning :F Tomorrow is going back up to plus 18C so its like :wtf:

Oh well its a long weekend right :T

Lauren kept us up most of last night though so its going to feel like a long day :roll:




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TGIF - at least for me it is :D . Allison and I are taking off Friday and Monday. We're going to visit my brother in Pittsburgh.

David - :drool: great flip. I hate suits too. Ties are the worst, feels like I have choke chain around my neck.

Kevin - Wow - I've never heard you make such a comment before ;) Great pictures. You and Heather look very happy. Ahh Spring and Love is in the air. Crazy story. Lock your doors and make sure your guard cats stay alert.

Lex - Pictures would be awesome. I did the samething last year. Its hard to get everything done. Definitely not enough time in the day.

Burke - great cartoon. No doubt that HT is in the mainstream.

Bing - the iPod looks like a great toy. 8O lots o MP3s to play.

Crazy morning already. Business is picking up a little for us. :)




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Kevin - Wow - I've never heard you make such a comment before ;)I'm guessing you're referring to the babe comments? Most of them don't phase me, and I usually just give them a quick glance when I get home from work, but that last one went off the scale so to speak 8O :drool:

In general I hate dressing up too, but I don't mind it for fun stuff. If I'm enjoying myself I forget that I'm wearing a noose around my neck. When I have to dress up for work, that really sucks since I hate work as it is, and all I can do is sit and suffer. Especially since there is no reason to dress up at work, we just sit in our cubicles tapping away at our PCs all day.You and Heather look very happy. Ahh Spring and Love is in the air.We get that comment from everyone who sees us together. We always brag about being the happiest couple in the world. As for our secret? I think not having kids has a lot to do with it, it lets us concentrate on each other (and the cats) more. :)Crazy story. Lock your doors and make sure your guard cats stay alert.I'll have to get a sign for the front yard that says "Beware of attack cats!" Although this incident occurred about 200 yards from our house, that neighborhood (mostly businesses there) is totally different from ours. I'm guessing some people got into a fight and it got violent, or something. I'll post more as the news sites release more info.




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Most of them don't phase me, and I usually just give them a quick glance when I get home from work, but that last one went off the scale so to speak

Yeah, that lady is pretty fine looking. :yesnod:




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Hello gentlemen!

Not much time.... headed to an eye appointment and then home and OFF until Monday.

Nice pics Kevin.


Have a great day and a great weekend fella's!


See ya on the flip side!




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Yeah, that lady is pretty fine looking.
Yes, she is, indeed. That graphic one of your new posters for the remodelled HT? (hehehe)

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So how's the morning going for ya'll?




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We're getting out at 3:30, yippee! Of course, if they'd emailed us earlier I could have avoided making a special trip to the bank during lunch. :roll:

Apparently the murder victims were a man and a woman, but beyond that we still don't know much. Several people heard gunshots around 4:30. I heard them but I didn't think much of them at the time. The road is still blocked off. Hopefully they'll have a neighborhood watch meeting soon where we can find out more.

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Well I just scored some major bonus points with our hardware guys in my dept since I got a script running that extracts the serial number from the BIOS on machines running 95, 98, 2000 and XP...funny thing is one guy has a friend that works at Microsoft and he said it couldn't be done yet the sol'n was on the MS site if you knew where to look :LOL: I need to back up my notebook today so the timing is great on finding the solution to their problem.




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I think I've set a new personal record for # of flips in one chapter, I wonder if I've broken 10 yet, which was my goal...

Maybe this isn't a David-level babe pic, but Heather is still as beautiful just as well! :B

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I compiled unofficial flip stats. I didn't check for illegal flips other than more than 2 in a row, so I may have counted flips that were run from before 32 or something.

Burke: 14 (we need to stop him)
Kevin: 10 (Hey, I made it to 10!) :banana:
David: 9 (one was illegal due to 3 in a row)
Chris: 7
Lex: 5 (too busy making cables to flip I guess)
Trevor: 5 (too busy buying things to flip I guess)
Mats: 4
Pr@: 4 (Hey he had a baby so we'll give him a break)
Bing: 3
Sonnie: 3
EJ: 2
Hap-E: 2
Pat: 2
Paul: 1




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think I've set a new personal record for # of flips in one chapter, I wonder if I've broken 10 yet, which was my goal...
Congratulations... looks like you've reached your goal. According to my unoffical running tally, this is your tenth flip in this edition of TTP. (You flipped five in March -- pages 4, 35, 39, 43, 44 -- and now this is your fifth flip in April -- pages 50, 52, 64, 71, 73.)

Burke

good flip Kev. Boy you stacking them up too. I think I only have two.

Thumbs up for everyone doing a great job. And remember to have a safe and happy Easter.

Not like this Easter Bunny
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I'll have to make you a Certified Apprentice Geek avatar!

You do that!

Hmm so that's the cadburry egg secret :LOL:




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Hey Gang, on lunch break... :later:

David, I forgot to mention that was one hell for a flip graphic last page. There is something about the pose she's striking :drool:

Kevin, I'm happy your happy :yesnod: Do keep us updated on the breaking events around your home.

EJ, funny graphics ma-Man! Oh I was going to say get the saw and build you some speakers, but then you threw the HDTV intoda-mix... Have you narrowed it down yet?

Andrew, good stuff on doing what they said couldn't be done.

Burke, Hey! :later:

George, Hey! :later:

Sonnie, Hey! :later:

Anyone else who has not posted since my last post, Hey! :later:

This is for my buddy Trev

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The Dell 8500 shipped yesterday :banana: :banana: :banana: However they have arrival date of April 24-28.. "That's a Huge Bitch!" of a window if you ask me.

Have a good easter everyone!




Bing

so that's the cadburry egg secret
That would pretty well explain why they keep it a secret. :>)

Burke

It snowed because I took the day off today :x

Oh well I chose the day and you can't control the weather. So much for raking the back yard. The whole weekend is a writeoff....church, family, church, family....and you guessed it more church....darn catholics... :grumble :grumble :grumble...kiddin of course...easter weekend is sometimes busier than x-mas minus the presents ...but easter ham :) whoa mamma...that's good stuff :T...makes it all worthwhile ;)

Later guys off to do more shopping :later:

You do that!Ok, here you go:

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Note that I had to create it from scratch since I don't have the source file for mine on my laptop, it's on my home PC. :oops: Tonight I'll make another one based on that one so the lighting, colors, etc. match up to mine better. But it's a start! :B

The whole weekend is a writeoff....church, family, church, family....and you guessed it more church....darn catholics...I agree, I hate Easter. The d*mn mother in law is catholic too and that doesn't help matters any. Add to that her tendency to stick her nose where it doesn't belong and it's a recipe for a not so fun weekend. :roll: At least I'm taking Monday off from work so I can recover.

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SHould have added an extra wink in there...don't hate easter...it's just hard to make any other arrangements...cause it's a lot of consecutive church compared to the usual Sunday and the occasional nooner through the week.

But at least in Canada they do Easter on Monday so you get a holiday from work. In the USA it's on a Sunday so not only do you not get a day off from work, it blows a valuable weekend day completely out of the water. I've gotten to the point where I take the Monday after off to make up for the lost day, and to catch up on rest since I always wind up running all over the place on easter.

I'm always bored stiff when I'm at the in-laws. No TV, crappy 1-speaker "stereo" (though she actually asked about replacing it and wants my advice!), no home theater, no DVD, no CD player even, no dogs or cats, what a waste. :) Then after having Easter lunch/dinner there then it's off to MY folks for even more food! The food's good but I'm not used to eating so much so I always regret it afterward.

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Kevin - good graphics. I see your being productive at work. :nutkick:

Bing - I'm glad you asked. I think the RPTV is put on hold. I'm waiting for DPL TVs to drop in price. The decision is now between the table saw/speakers or the Rotel RSX-1055. I went and looked at some nice table saws today and I also spoke to the local Rotel rep. I will be able to take home a RSX-1055 to demo next week. :dance: I'm leaning hard toward the Rotel. It will probably be easier to get a table saw later on than a new reciever. But the final decision won't be for a couple of weeks.

Andrew Pratt wrote:
so that's the cadburry egg secret

That would pretty well explain why they keep it a secret. :>)
I wish they kept it a secret. :throwup:




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Edurado join the dark side and get the Rotel:T

I still crack up when I see that kermitt giff :LOL:

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so that's the cadburry egg secret
That would pretty well explain why they keep it a secret. :>)
Burke

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Burke, you're gonna get me in trouble at work with replies like that! Hysterical laughter is frowned upon in a cubicle environment. . . . :D




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I was wondering when if you were going to say anything Andrew. I downloaded the manual and reading it now. I'll be posting questions on Monday or Tuesday. I got a call back from the rep and I am scheduled to pick up the rotel next Saturday.




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Did you change something or is my browser going funky on me

Your a certified geek, you figer it out! :LOL: Interestingly, I do see a blue boarder at top of post, and a black border on post window. Mats, you been fuducking around again? ;)

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But at least in Canada they do Easter on Monday

Not where I work...it's business as usual...some places do though.

Only Good Friday off

Hey guys, looks like a bunch of changes have taken place here. Looking at the forum, I thought my vision was failing as all the TTP threads were visible. Is Lex still oppressing the masses? :D

I spent a few weeks back in Australia visiting family and friends, and have been catching up like crazy here at work. Just thought I'd drop in and say hi.

PS: Saw pics of your iPod Bing, very cool - welcome to the club!, I picked one up a few weeks before I took off to Australia - though it was pricey, thus far it's probably one of the best gadget-related purchases I've made. This thing flat out rocks :).

Hello TTP People!

Bing...awesome news on the 8500. My parents 5100 shipped the other day, but also with a huge window. Still haven't pulled the trigger on mine. Waiting to hear what you think... :)

So, got some new toys at the store. This is my favourite:

http://www.charismaaudio.com/T-100small.jpg

Man, is this a looker!! The good news is SOUNDS amazing. Probably one of the best CD players I've ever heard. Well, except for this one:

http://www.musicalfidelity.com/Images/trivista2.jpg

This IS the best sounding CD player I've ever heard. It takes CD performance to a crazy level. On the other hand, it should, considering it costs a few pennies shy of CDN$10K. :)

Anyway, Im off for supper. Ciao guys.

Hey, Hey Jehan! Good to hear from you :^x Seems like you go to the land down under once a year... :T One of these days I have to get ther myself. Pop in more often.

Agreed, the iPod is a pretty impressive geek toy! I can't believe how much I'm enjoying this thing :yesnod:

EJ, a Rotel would be cool as well. Your like me on the HDTV thang, I want a bigger screen, however I want somthing that will display 720 native so I can port my PC/Laptop to it and have it look nice and crisp. DPL TV or LCD TV is the only choice, so I guess we'll both play the waiting game.

Jeff, nice stuff! On looks alone it sounds like a million bucks 8O Good to hear the Dell 5100 shipped as well, But what's with the ballpark shipping dates?? I mean I'm getting shipping for free, but you would expect them to narrow it down to the hour and ship it over night for the standard cost of $139 CDN :321: Quite Honestly I hate Dell policies and their nebulus pricing schemes. If it weren't for a coveted product, I would never do business with them... Bastards! :smackbutt:




Bing

Jeff so Creative has the shanling players in! How much is the smaller brother to that model (Iforget the model number :oops: )

Took the night off to watch some hockey while glenda and lauren were out.




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Now this is funny

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Bing: Dell are bastards. I hate the way they rip you off too...yet I still think they offer the best value. The shipping charges are a joke. You're absolutely right - overnight should be standard at that price. Funny that it is in fact GROUND...good Lord!! I could do down and pick it up myself, it would be cheaper and faster!!!

Andrew: the model shown there is $3K. Can't remember what the model below that is. The model above that one is almost identical in appearance, but also offers SACD for $4K. We also just got in the HIT Audio player...very nice as well for around $2K. It came highly recommended from the folks at Sonic Frontiers...they said it could compete with their old SFCD1, which was a stellar player.

Jeff, save your money on the Shanland, I think tha'ts right, they say though it looks spiffy, sound is not up to par. Maybe for mid-fi, ok, but not for high end. Go with a Rega Jupiter first. :)

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Actually Lex, I'll have to beg to differ. The Shanling sounds amazing. Probably in the Top 5 of CD players I've heard. It has a wonderfully warm sound (not too warm, but definitely warmer than most) and I love a warm sound. It is very articulate, delicate, and detailed. Its one fault is a lack of drive in the bottom end. Its not a rocker. It has no authority. Could be a problem for someone who likes harder music. But for classical, jazz...anything that doesn't necessarily need 'balls' behind...it is amazing!! Combined with some tube upgrades which are en route to us, this is quite an amazing machine.

We also got the HIT player and I have to say I'm not as much of a fan of it. It has the drive that the Shanling is missing - and its got it in droves. BUT, I find the top end a bit disconcerting...too aggressive and ragged for my tastes.

Having said all that...no Shanling for me. I don't upgrade my components anymore. It is a resolution that I have managed to stick to for over a year now and plan on keeping it that way. For now, I just enjoy the toys at work! :)

Hi Guys!!

Second attempt at this as my first post evaporated. :M

TGIT..And Easter is almost over..

Jeff,,Nice CD players!!
Those look like the type Lex would buy!! ;x(

Kevin,,Pretty crazy on the murder!!
Let us know more detail as it comes available..
Weird when it is so close to were you live,,Hope you have a security system on your home.

still crack up when I see that kermitt giff
Mee Too!!
Reminds me of Lex in a fury of Lust!! :rofl:

Bing!! Good stuff on your 8500.
You should get it buy Tuesday, I would think.
I will have to see it right away!! Can't wait!!:T
The shipping is ridiculous..Strange that the Sony monitor from DELL is free shipping.. :huh:
What time are you planning to attend the Car Show tomorrow?




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Jeff. I've not actually heard it, so your in the driver's seat. I've just heard hearsay.

Trevor, haha.

night all,
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To put a slightly different spin on it, :>) I prefer to use as neutral a CD transport as possible, and allow outboard DACs and/or other electronics do the magic of providing "warmth", "depth", or whatever. With that in mind, and following along the same lines as Jeff's resolution to NOT stay trapped on the upgrade treadmill, I'm using my Sony DSP-S7000 as a single play CD transport connected with a decent digital cable to the pre/pro, which has SOTA anti-jitter clocking and upsampling capabilities associated with DACs that exceed the needs of Redbook CD by a long shot. But some of those esoteric-looking CD players with killer DACs built in are nice to look at, that's for sure (almost as good as ogling a sexy model and a lot less dangerous). :>)

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Burke: Nice to hear someone's trying to squash the upgrades too. Here's my take on it...

No one is gonna deny that upgrading is fun. In the past year though, I've forced myself to stop and I think its been very instructive. I think most people are just running around in circles when they upgrade. Because the system changes so much, you never get to know it intimately. I stopped upgrading because I realized one day that my system sounds _scary_ good and I'm quite happy with it as it is.

Now, one year on, are there things I can criticize? Of course, I can criticize anything. Are there things I want to change? There are _now_...but I didn't know that a year ago. My point is, by letting the system sit for awhile, I became more accustomed to its nuances and the subtle flaws I didn't notice before are more apparent. I think I'm better prepared now to upgrade, because I know more distinctly what I want.

Having said that, still no upgrades in sight. I've realized that to make any substantive improvements, much larger outlays of $$$ are required. :)

BTW, this philosophy goes totally against Trevor's, which I think is cool too. Just upgrade everything, all the time. It is much more fun! :D

Good night gentlemen.

I stopped upgrading because I realized one day that my system sounds _scary_ good and I'm quite happy with it as it is.


I agree!!

No more upgrades in my HT..In fact it has been about 18 months since I have upgraded anything in my HT Audio, I'm very happy with it!!

Now the video,,Well that's another story!! FPTV will be a reality some day!! :yesnod:




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Just installed my Crucial 256MB chip into the Sony Laptop!!
It worked..
Now have 384 MB of memory
Video automatically bumps up to 48 MB..
Now this system is upgraded to it's maximum..Nothing else can be upgraded..
I guess that means it's time to replace it.. (JK) :nono:




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Rolling it over to a new page!!




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Flip!!

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SONY MICRO VAULT




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FLIP? Oh, only missed by 6 hours or so. :D

Trev, you do come up with the coolest toys bud! I s'pose the MicroVault is for when you are jogging or cruisin' in the Vette?

Morning gang! Happy Good Friday! :sn :sn :sn (another blatant Erik rip-off)

Jeff 'n Burke, since I brought the Musical Fidelity DAC home, I have to agree, there's not much need in upgrading that part of the chain any more. BUT, that MF CD unit is one of my "if I had unlimited money" fantasies. The Shanling looks cool in a retro/sci-fi kind of way. Hey, this "when is enough, enough?" is a good idea for a post in AV Chalet. If you don't mind I'll kick it off. . .

Wow, 1014 members. New members slowed right before 1000 but now it's going strong again.

Bing, shipping from Dell here in Texas isn't cheap. Heck, it'd be cheaper to drive to Austin to pick the silly systems up. :roll:

Have a great Good Friday all. Gotta go do some work.




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All right, I've started that thread in A/V Chalet. You can see it here (http://www.htguide.com/CFBoards/index.cfm?fuseaction=Threads.viewthread&Tid=65705&Forum=2&StartRow=1&CFB=1).

Good one, Jeff 'n Burke! :T




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Jeff 'n Burke, since I brought the Musical Fidelity DAC home, I have to agree, there's not much need in upgrading that part of the chain any more.
In the analog-only days, a number of high end advocates argued that the first link in the reproduction chain had to be the best possible for the whole system to sound any good. They advocated spending as much as 50% of the total system price on just the turntable and cartridge (and they were talking a very substantial total system price, not the price of a Sears budget console).

Some folks even today insist that the same is true in the digital era and would advise pouring a small fortune into the CD deck, for instance. But as our experience has borne out, we actually have a choice now, either getting super-performing CD/SACD/DVD-A players and bypassing the pre/pro's processing entirely, or allocating more of our dollars to mid-stream components such as DACS or processors with superlative DACs now than before. And we can achieve sensational results either way.

I do have to chuckle, though, when I read that someone's megabuck CD player is in the shop and they just can't bear to listen to music via a lesser unit. My immediate response is "get a life"... er, I mean, "get a DAC". :>)

Burke

PS -- now that I've drafted a line on the level of investment to make in front end components, I may have to amplify my remarks in your new thread. :>)

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Speaking of upgrades... :>)

Morning guys...I've got to go back to work for a bit even though its my day off...got to start another set of back ups...oh well I'll just take the time off some other day.

Trevor I have a 64meg USB drive and they're very handy little devices.




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Morning Guys!!

It's beautiful here today!!
I think the Vette is going for a ride!! :yesnod:

Andrew,,The Micro Vaults are very cool.
Handy for sure...
I'm going to load up a tonne of photo's and take them over to my Parents!

David,,On the gadgets thing,,I think Bing is my influence..
He always points me in the right direction.
Then entices me to upgrade. :wedgie:




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Kevin,,What happened to our Seti@Home stats??




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Nice toy in the flip pic, Trevor.

Like the cartoon, Burke.

Happy Good Friday all. :)




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Good Morning to you George!! and a happy Good Friday!

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Here's one for Kevin , while at work..

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Oooh Trevor, me like! :boobies: :drool:

Maybe we should call this Gone Friday instead of Good Friday - not much action today, eh?




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not much action today, eh?

Nope and won't be for a while yet :W




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Thanks for sharing THAT piece of information. . . :oops: :)




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good flat panel cartoon Burke. :)

Hey folks. Well, about finished my flooring project. It's been a good little job, I tell ya. I just need to clean some old caulk off the bottom edge of the toilet and I'm pretty much done. There is a place on the wall that needs spackling though. The molding just doesn't fit the wall to well right at the tub. Not that unusual. We may paint her bathroom soon, so that will be prep for that.

I started to load up some progress pictures and my computer locked up for some reason. It's done that a few times lately, beginning to p|ss me off!

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Afternoon all...yow what a busy day. It literally flew by. I've learned that when colouring easter eggs with the kids...ensure you have newspaper on the table AND the floor...oh yeah...and the walls :LOL:

Also...speckle glue doesn't seem to dry in a few hours...quite possibly ever. It may be a little difficult to hold these things when we have our easter egg war on Sunday :D

Oh and Trevor, with the airmiles you are racking up on your mastercard...care to use those points and buy me a bigscreen tv? ;lx :W

Dude, you buy the coolest toys. Forget perusing the Futureshop site...I'll just stroll over to Schell Shocked and see what's new in the arsenal from week to week. You have more gadgets than Bond ;x(

Heh! Heh! Gordon..
I do have my share of gadgets,,but darn there is so much more out there that is just begging to be purchased. Between Bing and I ,we do own the Market share!! What else is there to do in Toon-Town?? :wedgie: :smackbutt:




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Watching the Hockey game from the garage!
Vancouver up 1-0 after the first.This is do or die
for them as they are down 3 games to 1 against St.Louis,,
Go Canuks !!!:hump:




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Hey, if Trevor is Bond...what does that make Bing..."Q"?

Schell...Trevor Schell (dum dum dumb dumb... dum dum dumb dumb bwee-do-dee... bwee-do-dee... ) :rofl: :alol:

Hello everyone

David...that MF DAC is sweet. I considered one for myself, but there was nowhere to put it, plus I couldn't afford it anyway. :) Nice to listen to though. :)

Got a big exam tomorrow and then I can relax this weekend. Brought a Rega P3 home, so I'll be listening to the sultry sounds of vinyl.

Might pull the trigger on the Dell...the new deal isn't too bad this week, plus I want to get it on the free shipping!!

Jeff,,
What configuration and model have you chose?

Gordon..Ha!Ha!

BTW,,where is Bing today!!?




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Looks like the Canuks are going to do it!!
Game 6 will follow in StLouis on Sunday!!

Good Game and very scrappy at the end. :fight:




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I've a few gadgets of my own. You want we should make a list to see who the real Bond is? HAHA. Speaking of Bond, I just replayed Tomorrow Never Dies here.

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Thats right!!
I was going to say that Lex probably has more gadgets than all of us combined!!

LEx is the king of Gadgets!!

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Guys !!
I have surpassed a personel record for posts on one Forum!
My previous high was 4294 posts which I had established at my original stomping grounds! :nutkick:




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Hey Gang, My Buddy Cam came to town so I spent eh day with him. We just got back from "Bullet Proof MonK" Most EXCELLENT show! a must see.

Gordon, Funny Comment on the "Q" :D


I've a few gadgets of my own. You want we should make a list to see who the real Bond is? HAHA. Speaking of Bond, I just replayed Tomorrow Never Dies here.

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Ooohh, somebody is feeling slighted :wedgie: Remember guys, it's not He with the most toys wins, rather, He with the BEST toys... ;)

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HA, HA That was funny Andrew, though it was sad what they did to the car!

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Here is a review of the Dell 8500 (http://www.gamersdepot.com/hardware/notebooks/dell/8500/001.htm) for Trev and Jeff.

The good news is looks like it's upgradable. The Graphics card hopefully can be updated to the New DX9 mobile Radeons or Nvidias :banana:




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The cat lovers among us might appreciate that one. :>)

Burke

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Anyone have any idea what they mean by "letters"? :>)

Burke

Alright don't say I didn't warn you...please make sure there's no small children in the room when you view this image :LOL:

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Bing I hope my 5100 will be upgradeable as well.




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Andrew -- that picture isn't all that bad -- the glasses make you look, ahem, "studious". And you are going to love the lightness, flexibility and durability of titanium frames. But your expression in that shot makes you look about as happy as Charles Manson after his latest parole board hearing. :>)

Burke

Even though it is early, it is getting late (in the page) ...

...gotta run...

Happy Earth Day!

And get ready for Easter: :>)

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Burke

Trevor congrat's on beating your total posts for the other forum...I'm not sure I've passed it yet or not?

Bing deffinatly is "Q":T

Doug where's the pictures of the shed and bathroom?

Good luck with the egg's gordon :P




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Morning morning morning! And it's Saturday too! Woo-hoo!

I had yesterday off from work, and was doing home theater install work. I also went over to my friend's house and tuned up his CRT PJ some--it hadn't been converged since I installed it a year ago and it needed a bit of a tune up but it's looking better now. He was showing me his new 300-disc Sony DVD changer--it's pretty cool. We then went to the house on the beach we installed a HT in last fall and got their deck speakers working, and tweaked some things on their Pronto and made sure they knew how to run everything.

Funny cartoon Burke (The 2nd one, the Bizarro one won't display probably because their site admin is a jerk and doesn't like people who use firewalls! :bash:

I heard more rumors of layoffs at work. Apparently they want to eliminate our entire I.T. department at our location. Ok, with no IT dept. who's going to keep our servers up and running? Someone 2000 miles away? I don't think so. I think they're plotting to close our location down entirely, they just don't have the balls to admit it. So for those who think I gripe too much about my job, believe me they're justified! :wedgie: :nutkick: :banghead: :bash:

Later folks, I have a niece and a nephew to buy birthday presents for (I swear, too many babies are born in April! ;) ) and a window frame to fix.

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Kev -- it's a shame you couldn't see the Bizarro, since it has to do with cats! (But I'm glad you enjoyed the other one.)

Guess I need to start paying attention to the thread count if I'm going to get any flips around here! Morning burke
Good morning. :>) Actually, you've paid enough attention to get 4 flips already this edition. That last page stayed up well over 24 hours... last time I looked at it yesterday was sometime before 11 AM and so this morning, I was very surprised that we were still on the same page a day later... folks must have been enjoying their day off doing something besides surfing the 'net. (As one of my former co-workers used to say, "Any Friday I don't have to work is a Good Friday.") :>)

Burke

Morning Guys :later:


Andrew, those titanium specs look cool on ya :T


Bruke, the funny thing is my wife Christine mailed a rental DVD once. There is a mail box by the entrance to our local rental place. She was mailing a letter and then going to return the DVD. It was funny as hell as I seen her do it.... Brain fart. I still tease her about it.

Kevin, well look at it this way, you could be place out of your misery :g>'>

Gotta go wash the car and then me Cam at Saskatoon's new Starbucks... Whoo-Hoo, the big city comes to Saskabush!

Have a good day gang!




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Kevin, well look at it this way, you could be place out of your miseryI don't know, I don't think they have internet access in the homeless shelters :cry:




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Kevin...your fears are justified. I know exactly what you are feeling as they did the same to us last year. They were going to shut us down completely and then they changed their mind at the last minute and cleared everyone but me and an analyst. There's just 2 of us at a much, much smaller location but at least I'm working. A little busier but I can't complain too much. I know what it feels like to go through 4 months (they announced early with hopes that people would find jobs ...wasn't that nice ;) ) of trying to figure out where the next paycheck will come from especially when 3 other people and a cat are depending on it. The only thing that helped was that my wife is a teacher who is stay at home by choice and could still pick up full time because she teaches math and has good ties with the division in our area. So if I was SOL then she might have a good chance.

I feel for ya...hang in there. Don't give up hope and don't forget, as unthinkable as it might be, the U.S is a big country...you could always move. Heck come up to Canada...the job market is apparantly pretty good right now...extremely low jobless rate. If it's any consolation, the baby boomers should start to retire soon and 2004 should be the year that things turn around. But then again the analysts say that every year.

Oh an to all you wireless guys out there: :nutkick:

I writing this from my kitchen using 50ft of crossover cable. $14.97 and I can make it out to the patio. Transmission rates never waver...HA HA!

Just don't trip over the cable. LONG LIVE LOW TECH!

Andrew....no offense but you look like you were prepared by a mortician for that shot...why the look? :LOL: Just kidding buddy ;). You're going to appreciate titanium when the kids bring you your glasses cause you left them at kid level. I get mine adjusted something like once a week. :P




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GordonI kept blining from the flash so I had to look away from the camera etc.

I got to hear some Adire Kit 281's yesterday....wasn't to impressed with the mid range at all and those drivers aren't the prettiest of speakers :roll: His wood working skills though were great!




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This tile job's turned me upside down really. :LOL: If you've never laid tile, the white things are spacers allowing for proper dimensions of grout cracks. Using the toilet in the bathtub isn't easy. :LOL:
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This was shot after rain, through the window of house, so it's a marginal pic: The strange then below the door is a metal plate that stays all the time, but due to the way the doors close over the flooring, you can't leave a platform mounted flat with the floor of the building for the tractor. Thus, I made a movable ramp seen there as well so I open the doors flip it up there on the edge of the subfloor, even with floor, and drive my tractor out.

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Looks like good handy work doug!




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Good Afternoon!

Trev...I'll be getting the 8500...2.0Ghz/256Mb RAM/40Gb HDD/CD-RW/nVidia GeForce 4200 Go/Internal Wireless card. Just got to push the Confirm button. :)

Bing...I saw the review. Nice to know its upgradeable. WAIT! I don't do upgrades anymore! :)

Nice pic Andrew...though don't worry guys, he doesn't look that, um, consterned, in real life. :)

Anyways, I'm off!

This tile job's turned me upside down really. :LOL: If you've never laid tile, the white things are spacers allowing for proper dimensions of grout cracks. Using the toilet in the bathtub isn't easy. :LOL:

I think Lex have to use that toilet in the mornings :rofl:




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Oh, and BTW... HAPPY EASTER ALL!!!




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hey guys i'm posting from a wireless ipaq. photos to follow for trev.




Bing

How long did that post take Bing, 30 minutes? :rofl:

Yeah, in serious trouble with that can, since you know what they say, sh|t flows downhill. :LOL:

Built a funky XLR to RCA/XLR splitter today. Not for the novice, lol. Also working on a pair of XLR Silvercats.

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Hey Andrew, don't let those guys get to ya, I see nothing wrong with the facial expression, they just are bugging on ya :wedgie: :)

Kevin, losing a job is never good, but if your not happy, this forces you to make a move that may turn out to be a move you should have made long ago. That or you learn to appreciate what you had before losing it... Best of luck Buddy!

Good Stuff Jeff, pull the trigger and be happy :)

Lex, nice flooring job so far!

Yeah, it took a bit to plunk my post out while I was making lunch for Katherine, thats why it's sans the proper caps and is rather breif. Anyway, it's a lot of scrolling to use one of these things to surf, and I doubt Trev would be happy with that. For getting your e-mail, and if you have absolutely nothing else, OK... maybe. Still, if your at home it's not as if you wouldn't have something else to surf with. The Ipaq just takes too much scrolling around to make any real use of it for that function. Installed is a Linksys 802.11B wireless card.

Time to Gumm up the works...

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fung1/ipaq1.jpg
Here is the main page of the HTG

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fung1/ipaq2.jpg
Here it is scrolled to the "Not Ready..." section

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fung1/ipaq3.jpg
Here we are in the forum with the TTP

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fung1/ipaq4.jpg
Here is a post by Andrew, note how little you can see. You have to scroll over to read it. It's the epitiome of "WIDESCREEN HELL"

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fung1/ipaq5.jpg
Here is Lex's great looking avatar and excellent flooring project

I think what would make it a bit easier is if the screen could be rotated to landscape. Scrolling would be minimized to up and down rather than side to side to side as well.




Bing

Watched the toronto philly game this afternoon...TO better pull up their socks if they want to have a chance to see the next round :roll:

Bing I've been meaning to bring home my IPAQ from work and try it out with the wireless card as well...I didn't know you had one?




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Hi Guys!!

Cool pics Bing,,Also,You just saved me some money!
I can see the WeB surfing completely SUCKS!!!. I would never use it.
Way to much scrolling! :nono:
Even though the device is pretty Cool. I can see that I would not use it very much so it is best that I stay away from it.
Nice to hear that Cam came down to visit.
Did you guys go to the car show??

Trev...I'll be getting the 8500...2.0Ghz/256Mb RAM/40Gb HDD/CD-RW/nVidia GeForce 4200 Go/Internal Wireless card. Just got to push the Confirm button.


Good stuff Jeff!!,,That will be three of us from TTP with the same Laptop.
How much will that configuarion set you back??
The special I took advantage of is now on the DELL website.
What screen type does that include??
Lastely,,Did you hit the SUBMIT button yet!? :amen:

Bing,,Nice pics of the 8500..Does the Silver edition come with the blue around the keyboard??I thought that was only if you ordered the snap on color plastic BUTT UGLY useless add on plastic makes no sense for a laptop accesory that is completely unneceassary for anybody to put onto a laptop so what's the point type of upgrade that nobody should have or really need!! :smackbutt:
Get my Point!

Andrew,,Those Leafs better win the next two games.
It's too bad they lost in triple OT a couple of nights ago.

Lex!!Nice work on the tiles..You are definately multi talented...Cabler and tiler all in one..
That tile is the same color we have been looking at for our entrance by the garage,,Very nice!!:T.
I also like the job you did on the Shed..That is so similar to the one we had built at our previous home two summers ago.
BTW,,I would hate to have to take a dump at your house!! :toilet:
Heh!!Heh!! I mean really,,in the Bathtub!:E

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Hey wait a minute!!
Bing,,Did you get another Gadget???
Wireless for the PDA..
Your out of control with your upgrading!! :wedgie: :smackbutt:
But I love it!! ;x(




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Bing!!
Great reveiw of the 8500.
I just hate when they are already talking about the 8600.
However I guess we will be able to upgrade to 8600 status due to
video card upgradablility..That is the most incredable news ever..!! :yesnod:

There’s little doubt that Dell’ new 8500 series is one bad-ass mofo. With plenty of horsepower to run your favorite games and sexy body-lines to match, we can think of no other current notebook we’d recommend over it. Professionals should be thrilled with its good battery-life, great display and good power to run all their office-type applications with power to spare. On the other hand, gamers should highly consider this unit if they want the best mobile platform going for today’s games – this will even be further solidified once the 8600 ships with the next-gen GPUs from ATI and NVIDIA.

It’s refreshing to see Dell drop the old design in favor of something that performs as good as it looks. Once you get yours, you’ll be the envy of your friends and work-mates.

Pluses
+Kick-ass Performance :smackbutt:
+Nice styling
+Great screen
+Loaded with features
+Competitively priced

Minuses
-Still might be a bit "heavy" for some people
that are weak,brittle and famished living on Kraft Macaroni
and Cheese.

Final Rating: 5 ½ Drips out of 6.




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Trev, Andrew, I'm a Palm man, that's Cam's iPAQ. We have the same thing at work, but with Cisco cards instead of the 802.11b card.

Trev, That is great news the graphics card is upgradable... See, we arn't hooped by going with a desktop replacement PC :wedgie: :T :loser:

Notice too the that the fan is in a replaceable module... Guess what I'm going to try with it... Thaz right.. OVERCLOCK! :blowup: :loser:

Yes the 8500 does come with the blue KB Bezel. I'm not a big fan of the blue around the keyboard, though I don't mind it on the cover like Andrew's 5100. It actually looks very nice. Around the keyboard though is a bit "Au-fromage" Esp. if your a fan of the clean Titanium G4 PowerBook/iBook.

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How Clean is that??? :drool: No wonder Apple wins so many designer awards. My iPod is just a marvel of industrial design, which in fact it won an award for.

The 8500 looks deadly on the outside, but that blue bezel kinda brings it down a notch in my eyes. I would have prefered it to just be brushed silver like the Dell bar on the lid.

We didn't get to the car show, Cam and I just hung out and chilled. Man I miss having him around. This is how good of a buddy he is... He just got that new Stewart Film Screen "FireHawk" for his DLP projector and asked if I could come out for the holiday weekend to inaugurate it with him. I told him I couldn't due to my work schedule and that I may get called in for OT. Well he came out to Saskatoon to visit me instead, leaving that kick ass new screen for another time :amen:

Going to take the family out for Ice cream

:later:




Bing

Oh, in the words of the UpGrade King himself...

"I ordered" one of these today, a custom leather case for the iPod in Black Leather. It has a post mounted swivel beltclip like a cell phone and the one I'm getting has a bottom clasp rather than the magnet closure (I don't like the idea of magnets and a hardrive) These are super nice cases... The make awesome PDA and Cell phone cases as well.

http://www.vajacases.com/vaja/catalogo.nsf/Prods/661x-T/$file/t.jpg

http://www.vajacases.com/Vaja/catalogo.nsf/ProdsPadrelkp/664x/$file/PodGrande.jpg




Bing

Bing...sweet cases.

And those Mac lappies are SOOOOOO nice. ;x( If only my wallet was thick enough. :)

Bing!
Another upgrade!:E
I just can't keep track of your spending habits of late!!
Way to go buddy!!Well deserved.
;x(
That was very nice of Cam to come and visit.:T
So do you agree with me on the decision on the Pocket PC.
I would not want to Web browse with all that scrolling that's needed.Maybe the Sony one with the key pad would be more suitable for me.
not sure..

Bing ,,Overclocking his LAptop!! :rofl:
You are out of controll!! :wedgie: :smackbutt:
;x( ;x( ;x(
I agree,,The 8500 sets a new standard in Laptops and a real great investment.
Almost 10,000 3d marks..:E I wasn't even getting that with my PC about a month ago.:E:E:E




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So Jeff!!
Tell us !
DID YOU DO IT??
Press that SUBMIT button.. :yesnod:




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BTW..I plan to pack my 8500 full of Ram..
Super cheap at Crucial. :nutkick:
Going for at least ONE GIG.




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One more thing!!

I am sitting in the garage on my cushiony swing chair.
Surfing on the laptop.
Just finished watching the Hockey game on the 20" Sony that
I installed in the garage.
Plus I have a great view of the Vette here..Nice eye candy!
Life is good! For today anyways! :roll:




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I need this Vette!! 8x)




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I am still pretty satisfied with the deal on my DELL 8500 for $3299
I just completed a configuration of the identical purchase including the free upgrade to the NVidea 64 meg card and came up with this price.

Inspiron 8500
$4,297

So ,,that's still $1,000 off the deal.




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Trev...you're a bad influence, do you know that?? :smackbutt:

Where are you finding the Crucial RAM so cheap? I just went to their site...a stick of 512 is US$140. 1 Gb would be over $400. Or is that cheap for a Gb? I thought Bing had got it much cheaper....

Jeff,,That's extremely cheap for the ram .
Especially since Dell want's the following for there memory

256MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs)
256MHz DDR 266MHz (1 Dimm) [add $50 or $2/month1]
384MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs) [add $125 or $4/month1]
512MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs) [add $200 or $6/month1]
512MB DDR 266MHz (1 DIMM) [add $400 or $11/month1]
640MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs) [add $500 or $13/month1]
768MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs) [add $600 or $16/month1]
1024MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs) [add $800 or $21/month1]
1536MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs) [add $3,050 or $78/month1]
2GB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs) [add $4,550 or $116/month1]

One gig is $800 extra!!:E




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Did you hit SUBMIT yet!! :nutkick:




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Hit Submit? Is that what you need to do...

... to be able to ...

snipe?

The Easter Egg Hunt Has Been Cancelled !

http://www.poddys.com/jokes/Cartoons/EasterEggHuntCanceled.jpg

Parents of young children may want to read this article:

Loud noise may affect development

http://www.msnbc.com/news/901895.asp?0dm=C1DPH

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Ziggy -- April 19, 2003

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Guess what I got to drive today!!! 8O

Yup, a 911 Carrera Cabriolet! I think it's a couple years old, but who cares! It belongs to a cousin on my wife's side. I sat in it last time I was over at his place but it wasn't insured. Well today we're over again, just meeting to goto his brother-inlaws. Well turns out we're still waiting for a friend so he says, hey you want to take out the Porche? Do I really have to answer that questions? ;)

First thing's first, it starts out nice, and we drop the top. The next thing is the brake pedal is freaking heavy. It's like a solid connection from the pedal to the calipers. Amazing. Clutch is a bit heavy too. The view from the cockpit is unbelievable. The tach is front and centre, with the speedo as an attachment just off to the left, in increments of 50 kph no less. There's a digital readout just at the bottom of the tach, which I didn't notice until the last part of my spin.

This machine has just gobs of power, very smooth. When you get it over a certain rpm, it really sings. It was pretty busy on the roads today, so I didn't get to do too much. I took it for a brief spin on the freeway, had some space so I merged quickly, in 3rd gear. :driving: I think I hit about 150 kph before I had to slow down. Then moved it gradually into 6th.

On a final hill back home, I really got the car moving up that nice long hill in 3rd. Ahhh, the end of the ride came all too fast. But there's now the opportunity to take it out for a longer drive in the future when there's not so many cars on the road. I can't wait.

Oh, we also moved my cousin's Krell amp to his brother inlaws, as well as his Sonic Frontiers tube pre-amp, and power supply. Damn that Krell was heavy, took 4 of us to move the sucker.

Here are the prices from Crucial:

Module Size Price (ea.) Qty. Order Part No. Part Details
1GB $999.99 CT306698 • DDR PC2100 • CL=2.5 • Non-parity •
512MB $141.99 CT293720 • DDR PC2100 • CL=2.5 • Non-parity •
256MB $41.99 CT293721 • DDR PC2100 • CL=2.5 • Non-parity •
128MB $22.99 CT293722 • DDR PC2100 • CL=2.5 • Non-parity •
All prices shown in US dollars.

The 512 does seem expensive compared to the 256mb..
However , I beleive the DELL 8500 has only 2 slots,,so if you want a GIG of memory you will need to to get the two 512 MB chips..

Here's DELL's prices again..
256MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs)
256MHz DDR 266MHz (1 Dimm) [add $50 or $2/month1]
384MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs) [add $125 or $4/month1]
512MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs) [add $200 or $6/month1]
512MB DDR 266MHz (1 DIMM) [add $400 or $11/month1]
640MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs) [add $500 or $13/month1]
768MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs) [add $600 or $16/month1]
1024MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs) [add $800 or $21/month1]
1536MB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs) [add $3,050 or $78/month1]
2GB DDR 266MHz (2 DIMMs) [add $4,550 or $116/month1]




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Burke!!
That's Morbid!!:E
:smackbutt:

Hey Paul!!
Welcome Back!!
Is that your new vehicle??:T
How's the Tuned VW performing for you??




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Boy, that will jump start your Easter, hope no kids see that! 8O

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yikes thta's some filp pic burke 8O

Paul I'm so jealous of you!




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Good Morning!!

HAPPY EASTER!!

Just finished up a fun Easter Egg hunt with the kids.
I think the Easter Bunny spoiled them..
Lot's of cloths, Eggs, cholcolate stuff,,GBA SP , GameCube games
all that good stuff..
:sn :sn :sn




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Morning All :later:

Burke, just to join the rest of the gang, that's SAD 8O

Going to the sister-inlaw's for lunch. Then we will be setting up the easter hunt for the kids.

Paul, that is awesome brother!! I have always revered the 911 as my dream car. 4 guys to move a Krell??? 8O

Trev, the Sony would be a better toy me thinks.

Mats, funny "Lame assed" search :rofl:

Later Gators




Bing

heidi-ho neighbors. Happy Easter day to you all.

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Sounds like saskatoon's been a fun place this morning:) Lazy day here with not much going on at all. Finished watching Harry Potter: COS this morning...can't wait for the new book to come out in June:T




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OK, for you guys whose tender sensibilities were offended by the simulated road kill, I've "stealthified" the flip image. Something like the bunnies below may be more suitable for viewing by kids of all ages who stumble onto this page: :>)

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hehe -- can anyone guess who they are/were ?

Burke

Jeff if you haven't pulled the trigger on that Dell yet you might want to take a look at the notebooks on the misco site 8O This one here (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=447287&Sku=V133-2418) looks very nice...its even got a DVD burner on it :twisted:




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FYI apparently thsie work in the dell notebooks.

K-Byte SODIMM (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=504343&Sku=K43-2904) At least according to a few threads I came across on the dell forums....price is great too. Here's (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=504342&Sku=K43-2902) the 256 meg price.




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Hahaha Burke, yep, that one is more suitible for little children :rofl:

Jeff, if you haven't pulled the trigger on the Dell yet, you can have mine at cost... It's just not the special anymore :cry:




Bing

Ok I have a plan then..Bing why not sell Jeff your notebook and you buy that monster I linked to above :twisted: You know trevor will want it if you don't get it first :LOL:




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Andrew :LOL: I'll sell the Dell to Jeff and get that $1500 Toshiba at Future shop, then nobody will want it but me :D




Bing

Bing, that's a good solution. Sell me your Dell for $1500. :D

Jeff its that's in US you might not be far off the mark ;)

Does anyone else notice that when they first try to post that you get a bunch of ||||||||||||||| instead of text while it downloads? I didn't used to get that and its annoying having several lines of them while I type away.




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Andrew:

Yeah, I've had the same problem. I just wait for everything to download and then its ok. Wonder why it does that?

nag nag nag :)




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This one's for Burke ;)
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Hello!
Just got back from work!..

Guy's , I have the same lines when typing.
At first I thought it was my computer , then when the same thing
happened with my Laptop , I realized it was something to do with the Guide itself.
Mat's must have buggered something up real bad..Hopefully he can fix it. :smackbutt:

Bing,,Your not excited about your 8500?? :?
You need to explain why?
I don't understand.. :huh:




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Andrew -- thanks for that picture -- really cracked me up, even if the yolk's on me, :> but those are the breaks -- shows how fragile our eggxistance can be. :>)

Burke

Burke you really crack me up when you come out of your schell and let loose with those wise cracks.




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Happy Easter to all. Off to the in-laws for Easter ham....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ham :drool:

Hey as a side note to all of us up North...anyone following the loonie?

0.69 U.S. and it appears to be rather bullish :T , good to see. Interest rate are on the rise. Apparently the CDN market is strong right now...really nice to see for once.

I found this PDA (pad-based data accessory) at a great price! Never needs a battery charge and has some very economical storage options avaialble, although the random search capabilities are limited due to its use of a proprietary operating system that is not Window compatable (manual page flipping). Its smart looks are enhanced by a choice of colors. This might be the answer for those who don't feel they can swing the cash right now for the high priced models. :>)


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Burke

Weird stuff going on here. I'm still in PA and having a great time with my family. Just wanted to drop in and wish everyone a

Happy Easter.

Cya




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This brings back some memories :)
http://www.bennychow.com/pacman_redirect.shtml




Mats
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Hey Eduardo -- glad you could stop by -- Happy Easter !

Mats -- Pacman is an oldie but goodie! Some grad school classmates built a Pacman game machine and reportedly persuaded Hugh Hefner to put up some cash to produce it. But they overlooked an important little clause that his lawyers snuck into the contract -- his Playboy Clubs had exclusive rights to the product for the first two years and so they only could sell as many as he wanted to put in the clubs during that time. And that wasn't enough to get rich off of it by any means -- by the time the exclusive deal was over, a lot of game machine competitors were out there and their product was essentially worthless. (They say don't look a gift horse in the mouth, but be careful of any deals he may ask you to sign.) :>)

Burke

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They look like Lassie!

Thanks for the PACMAN game Mats!!

Here's a funny one..
You can see the suprise element on her face..

http://manifestation.org/~ill/images/funny/owned2.jpg




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Trev -- what's that a picture of? Easter dinner at the in-laws? I've heard of rubber chicken at banquets, but ... :>) No doubt the lady with the surprised look is the titular head of the family. Like the US Army, the other woman was trying to bust a rack ("bust Iraq") :>)

Burke

Hello!
Bing,,Your not excited about your 8500?? :?
You need to explain why?
I don't understand.. :huh:


Dunno....




Bing

0.69 U.S. and it appears to be rather bullish , good to see. Interest rate are on the rise. Apparently the CDN market is strong right now...really nice to see for once. 0.69 U.S. and it appears to be rather bullish , good to see. Interest rate are on the rise. Apparently the CDN market is strong right now...really nice to see for once.

That depends if you're buying or selling to the US...personally I'd rather see it dip down to 50 cents so the Pronto payment I get go further ;)

Burke I think you actually found a way to top the puns on the last page :LOL:




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oh my, osim. osirm! osiFm

Could you tell, I'm having a tough time after being off a week? GRRR. Back here, my favorite place in the world and yes that includes over Disneyland!

Lex




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Gang, it's Monday-fu*****-morning. Hi. I've really tried hard to limit my "I hate work" posts, but lately I just can't stand it. I'm seriously (no kidding) considering just quitting and moving on up to Orcas Island and getting back into carpentry and cabinetry full time. I'm so damned depressed about this place. . . .

Okay, pity-party over.

Jeez, 3 pages on a Holiday weekend? You are maniacs! :yesnod:

Lex, cute Shelties fella. Looks like you worked 'em too hard.

I always have liked Mounds candy bars, don't you? Okay, it's bad but it's the best caption for that photo that I could come up with this early on a Monday.
:boobies:




David - HTGuide flunky
Our "Theater" (http://www.htguide.com/bilder/index.cfm?fuseaction=arkivbilder&userid=0&selecteduserid=18)
Our DVDs on DVD Tracker (http://www.dvdtracker.com/custom_report.asp?ReportID=2980)

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They'll Do It Every Time -- April 21, 2003


Additional evidence that DVD has hit the mainstream, when a stodgy old-time comic like this talks about DVD so matter-of-factly... the only thing they didn't get right is that if it is a movie that was in the theater within the past year, the DVD is probably already out. (Given the comic, though, maybe they went to a dollar cinema to see a "catalog title" that won't be out on DVD until Lucas freezes over.) :>)

Burke