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[Bing Fung]

Morning all :later:

Hi Lex, Pat, Andrew :later:

Andrew, that's a good camera and is very high in cult following. You be happy with it at the right price.

Trev, thinking about your PC some more.... Don't do another thing to it for if we can get XP to load we could launch a "System Restore". Provided that restore point has not been corrupted now.

Your last error message "NTLDR is missing " indicates your boot loader is missing. This could be a variety of things, but it's most likely you have set your BIOS to boot from CD only and we need to switch it to boot from SCSI device RAID. It can't find the Hard drive which is on IDE channel 3 (I believe) which is using the onboard RAID ATA 100 controller. Windows by default looks for drives on IDE Channel 1 and during restore or set-up you may have been required to press F6 and then insert a SCSI driver (which I know you have). Still at this point I'm at a loss to know what created the condition. If you had resently installed something, I can say maybe it was that, however if it has been running status quo and then just ups and dies and then gave you all those corrupt files, it's an indicator that the hard drive maybe going south soon.

This of course is just my remote opinion at this point uintill I actually get my hands on it. Anyway, don't do anything else until I get a chance to look at it, OK? :banghead:


Speaking of U2 Streets with No Name, I absolutely love that song and have it in my XBOX as a MP3 (WMA?), one of many. When I play Project Gotham, it really gets me pumped as I'm racing through the streets with that song playing. All Project Gotham Players here will know what I'm talking about :driving:

One song I have been constanly hitting replay on this morning is the Annie Lennox "Waiting in Vain" from the Serendipity Sond Track. I'ts not so much the song, but Annie's voice and the accoustical guitar that I'm absolutely infatuated with this AM.

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It's been a while since I have seen this show, however the MP3 just randomly came on my PC this morning and I have been playing it since.
Here is the audio Clip (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/clipserve/B00005OAIA001004/0/102-1472798-7772907)




Bing

[Sonnie Parker]

Bada Bing! Howdy Bing.... long time no see (or read). Hope all is doing well with ya.


About to dry out here (from the coffee spill).




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[Lex]

Hey folks, what's up?

Pratt, goodluck on the Nikon.

Sonnie, ouch!

Kevin, would you like some cheese with that whine? :LOL:

Pat, more snow?

Anyone else I missed, hey.

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Sonnie... mah man! Time for one of those keyboard anti-spill mats huh...? heheh... Man that would totally frost my cookies if that happened to me, Sorry to hear about that.




Bing

[Andrew Pratt]

Ok for all you Where the streets have no names fans give this song a listen.

Click here! (http://www.mts.net/~glendap/music/dustrhino.wma)

Its a cover of the song by a local celtic band that I really like. Their lead singer used to work for ducks and is a really cool guy. He's not the lead singer in this song though. Anyway they have a bunch of other cool songs here (http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/31/dust_rhinos.html) on MP3.com for you to listen to (I highly recomend Chemical workers)




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[George Bellefontaine]

Hello.

Well now that we've heard from Bing maybe we'll hear from Paul ( where the heck are you ) Wu.

Nice looking camera, Mr. Pratt.




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[Chris D]

OSIM, all. :(

Always good to see a U2 revival started among friends. I believe that U2 is good for the soul. Deep, insightful lyrics sung by an awesome voice over magnificent guitar licks, held together by steady bass and tempo. What more could you want?

My all-time favorite song is U2's "Pride" (aka In the Name of Love) and I believe the all-time greatest love song ever written is "With or Without You"--realistic love. Bono's cry at the end of the song is deep from the heart, something I've really only heard from Melissa Ethridge also, I think it's in "Come to My Window"

David- Congrats on the new acquisition!
:banana:




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[Eduardo]

OSIM -

Lex - Congratulations on 8K post. :T That why you run this show. :D More drive problems :?: 8O

Trev - that's a chilly flip. fortunately for me we are getting to spring. Nice Sunny :sn weather. This is strange as I was not even on the computer when this happenedYour computer found out you wanted an upgrade. :P

Pat asked:Eduardo, how's the ankle?
David asked:Eduardo, you doing better fella? Not really. I didn't give my ankle any rest time this weekend. I was on my feet Sat and Sun. Helped my sister move in to her new house. Probably wasn't the best thing to do for the ankle.

Wow - I think I saw Sonnie. You really need to get after Toshiba.

Pr@ - cool camera

Chris - cool flip. I have been a U2 fan since 1985. I seen them in concert 3 times. All were great shows

Bing - I just got PGR. But I haven't played it yet. I plan to upload a couple songs, can't wait. :D


Kevin - Glad you are enjoying you Tubical system. Play some good music for me.

If I missed anyone Happy Monday :sn <-just for Kevin :twisted:




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[Kevin P]

I believe the all-time greatest love song ever written is "With or Without You"--realistic love. Bono's cry at the end of the song is deep from the heart, something I've really only heard...I'll have to listen to that again, I must have missed it. :)

How's it going Eduardo? BTW, I fixed the quote tags in your post, since mismatching them causes weird things to happen to the page. What's funny is since I became a moderator here that's the only "moderating" type stuff I've done is fix broken quote tags. :)

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[Sonnie Parker]

Yeah, that coffee ended up being cold to leg from my wet pants. No McDonalds law suit here.


About to call Toshiba again!




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[efarstad]

:sn :sn :sn Good Morning/Afternoon! :sn :sn :sn

Yea it's Monday but it's all good! :D My morning started off with a dance with my son...he loves music and I came down stairs to find him "swaying" to music....he loves to do that...it's his way of dancing. So I went over to him and he reached out for daddy...I picked him up and we started dancing to the music that was playing, he reached around my neck and layed his head on my shoulders! We swayed and danced and I did not want to go to work this morning...but it is moments like that that make life worth living! 8)

Nice flip Andrew...and camera!

Sonnie: Go run around real fast and your pants will dry out! :P

Bing: Good to hear from you buddy!

Trevor: Here's to your computer gettin' better! :T

Lex: What no new cables of late? How's the Audio Asylum ads going?

George: How are things?

Kev: How's the tubicle system sound with U2?

Chris: When do you fly "for reals?"

Pat: What's new with you too?

Have a great week everyone!

E




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Morning, Eric. Everything's fine with me. That was a very touching about you dancing with your son. It's those moments that indeed make life worth living.




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hmm its lunch time :D




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Did anyone listen to that song I linked to above?




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[Sonnie Parker]

I listened to it Andrew..... Dust Rinoes??? It's definitely different.... a little fast.



Toshiba can't tell me squat really..... no surprise. They advised it would be shipped from Tennessee but not sure when and they have no tracking number. Said the shipping company would contact me.




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Bing,!!
I sent you an E-mail,,
Good to see you back at TTP.




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I listened to it Andrew..... Dust Rinoes???

Dust Rhinos is the name of the band.




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[Kevin P]

sn sn sn Good Morning/Afternoon! sn sn snRuh-roh, we have another offender here! 50 :bash: -es times 6 counts of using the sun smiley on Monday = 300 :bash: -es. :twisted: Maybe Dave and E can take turns :bash: ing each other! :heh:...but it is moments like that that make life worth living! 8) Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks I guess. I like to think I'm not missing anything by not having kids. I decided early on to pursue a career rather than having kids. Not that the career is going as well as I had hoped. I could never afford to have kids on my income anyway.Sonnie: Go run around real fast and your pants will dry out! :P Not around here, they'd freeze in 5 seconds. It's still too flippin' cold out! :MKev: How's the tubicle system sound with U2?Joshua Tree sounds wonderful on the tubicle system. I'm listening to it again!




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[Burke Strickland]

Happy Monday!
Not sure what it is, but I woke up in the best mood. E, hope you don't mind my borrowing "your" icon.
...
Oh boy, I get to pick up my Aerials tomorrow - woohoo! And, the DAC should be here tomorrow or Tuesday. Now, if I just had a functional listening room.
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David -- you are probably smiling because 1) you're getting a lot of great new HT toys (and got a pretty good deal on the gear) and 2) you were not physically injured or thrown out of the house for having spent all that money. :>) In advance: ENJOY! (Somehow I have a feeling those Aerials are not going to stay boxed up until the official grand re-opening of CineMeek). :>)

Burke

[Eduardo]

E - sounds like you had a great morning.

Geo
rge - Hi

Dave - Those are some amazing toys you got 8O

Burke - Hi to you too :LOL:




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[David Meek]

Thanks Eduardo, I'm still in shock! :E

Burke, I mentioned to Jenice last night that she hadn't even asked about my Saturday "excursion". She replied that she knew I'd bought a turntable, and I said "Well, it's a few more things than that." After I'd listed the damage I'd done, she said something to the effect of "Great, I'm glad your spending your money on something you like". Oh and you are sooo right. I'm trying to figure out where to set things up temporarily so I can play with the Aerials and the DAC.

Kevin, even though we'll be in Washington next week, I REALLY don't want to spend my vacation bangin on Erik's head, and vice versa. Nope, not a bit.
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[Lex]

David's making it very difficult for me to walk off and leave the Cremona deal. But I fear I must resist. Even though resistance is futile, this time I think I must hold. Maybe later. Something's holding me back other than the money, not sure what it is though. Nah, who am I kidding, it's mostly the money. To many unforseen expenses lately.

Lex

[Kevin P]

After I'd listed the damage I'd done, she said something to the effect of "Great, I'm glad your spending your money on something you like".I wish I could do that. :roll:Kevin, even though we'll be in Washington next week, I REALLY don't want to spend my vacation bangin on Erik's head, and vice versa. Nope, not a bit.Uh-oh, another sun smiley, now you're up to 250 bashes. One more and you'll be tied with E, and you can administer an equal number of :bash: es to each other! :LOL:




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[Lex]

Kevin has smileys in his post. I saw it myself.


Ok, they are in quotes, but they are there!

Lex




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[Kevin P]

Kevin has smileys in his post. I saw it myself.

Ok, they are in quotes, but they are there!Not anymore! :p: I edited my post. Due to my stealth proxy I don't see the emoticons themselves, thank goodness. :twisted:

I actually used the sun smiley in the past, on a nice warm sunny summer weekend. I haven't seen that in many many many months. :roll:

Of course, when I finally find a job I like I may just fill an entire post full of those blasted suns, but that's still a long way off too most likely.




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Lex, go for it. You know you want the Cremona's. What if you went deaf tomorrow from Kevin bashing you over the head with a sunny icon - you know, one of these :sn and never got a chance to hear them? Life's too short. C'mon. . . . :twisted:

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[efarstad]

David: You really coming to Washington? When? Where? Wanna hook up? :sn

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[David Meek]

E, we'll be flying in next Saturday and leaving on the following Friday. We're staying on Orcas Islands in the San Juans and returning to Everette on Thursday to see our friends for the evening and then catch the big bird the next morning. I'd promised Jen a full week away, but it'd be neat to meet you three. What'd you have in mind?




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[David Meek]

Can I?

[David Meek]

possibly?

[David Meek]

Can I?

FLIP! Welcome to page 9 y'all.

Jenice is seriously into wildlife rehab. Here's Katheryn holding one of the baby fox squirrels that Jen gets in frequently.

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[Sonnie Parker]

Did somebody say squirrel???? BANG BANG BANG!!!!!

Put 'em in the fryin' pan! :D :D :D




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[efarstad]

David: Nice "little" flip! :D I was just thinking if you were 'in or around the area' we could hook up for coffee or have you guys over.

E




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Sonnie, didn't you know squirrels are high in cholesterol? :LOL:

(a little reference to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation there) :)




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[Lex]

Nice hand photo David, though it does look a little squirelly, lol.

I've tried hooking up to my Bunn Coffee maker E, but I've never gotten the connections perfected for straight intrevenous coffee. Hope you all have better look "hooking up". ;)

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Hey Lex, I've got a Bunn too! Not this kind ;s@ but this kind :coffee: ! Gotta love a machine that can make a full pot in three minutes!!! Here's mine...going on six plus years and still going strong!

http://store6.yimg.com/I/everythingbagel_1729_2482266

Come on you're the cable guru, can't you make some intrevenous cables to hook up to this baby? ;)

E




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Looks like my Denon 1600 is in Winnipeg and should be delivered soon!

update...just called glenda and there's a note that its at the post office ready to be picked up!




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[Kevin P]

Cool, Pr@'s getting a new toy! BTW, is your Wega progressive capable? I'd hate to see that Faroudja DCDi go to waste. :E

I've gone too long without buying a toy. Heck, I don't even remember what the last toy was. Well, there was the Whirley Pop but that was a Christmas gift from Heather. Maybe the megachanger for the tubicle system, that was in October or so. So I've gone 3-5 months without any new toys. Will I get banned from the forum? :E

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[Sonnie Parker]

Well Kevin, my cholesterol is kinda on the low side so the squirrel should help huh?


Yeah, if you use the intrevenous cables then you don't need the pot..... just hook the tube right up to where the coffee comes out of the strainer.

If ya want to really get the effect then don't use the strainer.

WARNING: The surgeon general says using coffee intrevenously could be hazardous to your health.

Only thing I've noticed is it boils your veins/arteries a little.

I have a Bunn too and love it.




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Cool Andrew! 8) Mine shows it left TN...yep Doug's homeland, but no idear where it is now? :? Figure it will just show up...sometimes they don't update the UPS tracking site and I get packages before the site is even changed! :x

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If ya want to really get the effect then don't use the strainer.
REAL coffee-men just chew the fresh-roasted beans up and don't worry about tubing or filters. 'Course then we just sit there and shake.
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BTW, is your Wega progressive capable? I'd hate to see that Faroudja DCDi go to waste

Nope neither the Sony nor the FP I'll be getting will be able to use the progressive scan capabilities of this player...I got it more for the sharper image and DVD-A capabilities...besides its within a dollar of the price I sold my Sony 7700 for so its not costing me anything ;)




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'sup dudes

Yea we got a little more snow Fri...no big whoop.
It's all going to melt soon...the weather guys are predicting a warming trend.
Supposed to be in the low 40's tomorrow and possibly 60 by this weekend (I'll believe that when I am outside in a t-shirt and shorts)

David, that is some list of toys you got ordered 8O
Squirrly flip too :)

Pr@, hope you can get everything worked out on the Nikon deal.

Eduardo, you're right...I don't think helping someone move with your sprained ankle was the best thing.

Kev, the last toy I got was my dual tuner Tivo...and that didn't cost me anything, because of all the gift cards I got for xmas.

E (Mr. Happy), cool story about you and your son this morning.

Sonnie, you crack me up with you squirl comments :rofl:

Doug, hope your computer problems clear up soon.

Trev, same goes for you.

Bing, I'll bet you didn't see my flip last chapter, dedicated to bringing you out of your non-posting :)
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[Kevin P]

Nope neither the Sony nor the FP I'll be getting will be able to use the progressive scan capabilities of this player...You're getting a projector that doesn't do 480p? I never heard of such a beast. Don't you want something that can do at least 1080i or 720p if not better? You're getting a LCD, or a DLP, right?

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Kevin to start off I'm being given a Sharp LCD PJ. It will only do 640 * 480 but has conmponent inputs and is pretty quite compared to most LCD models...or so I"m led to believe. I'm getting this PJ as part of my compensation for some pronto programming I'm doing this may in NYC.

The Denon's now in the rack and I've been listening to its 2 channel capabilites (not DVD-A) and its quite different sounding then the Sony...I haven't decided if its better or worse...its more open sounding which could either be more detail or just bright...it will take some more listening to find out what I really think but going by my first impressions its pretty good.




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[Kevin P]

Does the PJ have component inputs or just RGB or VGA? 640x480 is essentially the same as 480p (720x480 is DVD resolution). If it'll do progressive through component inputs then you can use your DVD player in progressive mode.




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[Andrew Pratt]

Kevin this is the PJ I"m taking about

http://www.projectorcentral.com/projector_details.cfm?part_id=614

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I fired up a DVD to see how the image looked and I must say I'm not impressed at all...there seems to be more detail then the sony which is what I expected but the whole image seems to have a strong red push. It has a built in user mode to fine tune that so I''m going to be pulling out Avia and seeing what I can do about that. I'm curious to see if anyone else see's that with there Denon's.




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[efarstad]

Andrew: Sounds strange. I'll let you know what I find out when mine arrives. On all the forums and reviews I've read, I've never heard anyone complain of a red push? I'd just go through all the checks, tv and dvd player settings and see what you can find out! Good luck buddy!

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Bing, I'll bet you didn't see my flip last chapter, dedicated to bringing you out of your non-posting :)
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Wow! that is a nice ass shot Pat :T

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Congrats Andrew!

Bing,,around 6:30 -7 PM?




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I love that little Squirrel David!!

We also have a Bunn coffee maker which is from
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Time for one of those anti-spill mats huh...?

What kind of anti-spill thingy am I huh? :rofl:




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[Pat]

Bing, HAHA....I had to shoot from that angle because if I ever saw one on the road that would probably be the only side I see and it would be getting smaller and smaller as it rocketed away from me :)




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[Kevin P]

Pr@, when you say red push do you mean the entire screen is red or reds on the screen are over-accentuated (e.g. skin appears sunburned)? Normally red push is the latter.

Some player models have a switch on the back, or in the menus or remote, for selecting between S-video and component, and if this is set wrong, you may get a discolored (red or blue) screen on the component outputs.

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[Lex]

g'morning folks. How's things? Lovely here. Just wishing I could figure a way out of the office today. But I guess I'm stuck, sigh.

Boss lady wants to have a lunch for a new guy this week. I was tempted to tell her I'd go to a team lunch when she started treating me like a team member. Instead I went with, I doubt I can go, but go ahead and set a time and date, and if I can be there, I will.

Yeah right. :roll: She's still got me emailing what I work on every day, and no apparent end to that in sight. It's a pain in the a$$ and degrading really to be treated like a greenhorn rookie with 14 years experience.

Lex

[Kevin P]

Yeah right. :roll: She's still got me emailing what I work on every day, and no apparent end to that in sight. It's a pain in the a$$ and degrading really to be treated like a greenhorn rookie with 14 years experience.You work on the same thing every day, right? Just keep a copy of the email in your drafts folder or a file and just send "it" the same email every day. Maybe after a month or two of that it'll get a clue. :roll:

Or if you work on different things every day, draft an email with all the items you work on on any given day and forward that to it every day.

And make sure that the time spent drafting these emails is reported in the email, especially if she's asking for amount of time spent. Say it takes an hour to write your daily report. That hour can be used for HTG surfing. :)

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[David Meek]

Morning everyone. How's your Tuesday? Mine's off to a busy start here at the office. I'm kind of bummed. I thought I could pick up my Aerials at lunch before heading off to a doctor's appt. and then an eye exam, but I'm stuck in a teleconference. So my choices are to wait until tomorrow or try to drive into town after my eye exam.
:driver:

Hmmmm, guess I'll have to wait 'til tomorrow. . .

NOT!! Oh the heck with it, I'm going. Even half-blind, I won't be distinguishable from most of the other Houston rush-hour drivers.
:B




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[Sonnie Parker]

Huh? Somebody say something?

Quick ringing phone............




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[Sonnie Parker]

Good moaning....

I shoulda wrote: QUIT ringing phone!


How's everbody this Tuesday moaning???


Close to flip time! Where's all the posters?




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[Lex]

Try www.movieposters.com Sonnie. :LOL: Oh, a different kind of poster?

Lex

[Andrew Pratt]

morning guys...




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[Andrew Pratt]

damn it I hate it when I loose posts...only seems to happen at work for some odd reason.

Kevin the whole image looks to red...I need to have the sony connected as well to give me a benchmark but both glenda and I thought the same thing.




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[Kevin P]

Kevin the whole image looks to red...I need to have the sony connected as well to give me a benchmark but both glenda and I thought the same thing.So whites have a red tint to them? Blacks? Check your component cable connections, and check the menus on the player. Also try the S-video and see what you get. Like I said some players have a switch or menu option to choose between S and component, and you can get weird colors (red tint or blue tint) if the switch is set wrong and you use the component outs.

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[efarstad]

Good morning flip?

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[efarstad]

Good morning flip?

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[David Meek]

Huh? Cool a flip! Two in a row, no less. Welcome to page 10.

For all the snowbound among us:

http://webpages.charter.net/djm97/SnowmenRabbit.jpg

Update: E, sorry if I sniped you. . .




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Kevin I checked for a switch and also it seems to be there on the s-video inputs as well...

Also kevin can you check out the DOM question I posted in the PC area?




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[efarstad]

:sn :sn :sn Good Morning! :sn :sn :sn

Thought I had the flip but I guess my last "click" did not make it through! :?

Nice flip David...and careful while driving blind will ya! 8)

Lex: I like Kev's idea about a template e-mail...that's a good one! :P

Andrew: How's the red issues going?

Sonnie: I wouldn't recommend coffee this morning, unless you're wearing platic or waterproof pants! :D

Everyone, have a wonderful day! :sn

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[David Meek]

Hmmmm, Sonnie in plastic pants. Not an image I was ready to deal with. 8O




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[Kevin P]

Hey, lookee what I got in my email again!! :roll:Subject: please reply soon!!! (No.)

Dear Sir,

It is with hope that I write to seek your helpin the context below. I am Hajia Mariam Abacha, wife of Nigeria's former head of state; Late General Sani Abacha, whose sudden death occurred on the 8th of June 1998. (Ok, what is it about being the Nigerian head of state that results in sudden death? Seems like they've been going through an awful lot of them lately!) Since my husband died, I have been thrown into a state of utter confusion, frustration and hopelessness by the present civilian administration. The security agents in the country have subjected me to physical and psychological torture. My son (Mohammed Abacha) is still under detention arraigned before the federal high court of Nigeria for an offence he did not commit. As a widow that is so traumatized, I am hopeless with my present faith. You must have heard over the media reports on the recovery of various sums of money deposited by my late husband with various security firms. (Not from the media, but from emails I've received on numerous occasions!) Some companies willingly gave up their secret and disclosed our money confidently lodged there, or many, outright blackmail. Infact the total sum discovered by the government so far is in the tune of $700 Million USD and they are not relenting to make me poor for life. I came in contact with your name and address in a website and would want to have good confidence in you as I view you to be a responsible personality. (Hahaha, she don't know me vewwy well, do her!?) I have no doubt about your capacity and goodwill to assist me in receiving into your custody( for safety) the sum of $40.3 Million USD willed and deposited safely in my favour by my late husband. (Seems like there are a lot of widows to Nigerian heads of state with money to launder...) This money is currently kept in Safe Deposit Box (SDB) at a security firm within Europe. As it is legally required, the administration of my late husband's property is under the authority of the family's Lawyer (Attorney)Barrister Frederick Alade William (SAN). (I wonder if he'll sue spammers?) The investigative teams set up by my government have submitted their report after freezing almost all our account. Fortunately, our family lawyer had secretly protected the personal will of my husband from the notice of the investigators and have strictly advised that the $40.3m USD be urgently moved to an overseas account of any trust worthy but ANNONYMOUS (Spell check anyone??) foreign family friend without delay, for security reasons. (Sure, if you email this to enough people just maybe a foreign family friend of yours will actually hear your plea!) All our traveling papers have been seized by the government thereby preventing us from traveling and all the local and international outfit of our business empire seized. This sum of money is our only hope to stay alive. I have therefore agreed to compensate your goodself with 20% of the total deposit when you finally the deposit box from the security firm and lodged in your account. (Ok, I read that sentence like three times and I still can't figure it out!) They have equally guaranteed 100% risk-free and smooth transfer. If you are interested in assisting me,you can write me through my e-mail, please reply direct to this email address; (deleted, but including it is certainly a great way to receive lots of spam and viruses in return for your trouble!) for obvious security reasons, it is imperative that you keep all our communication very secret. (BWAHAHAHA, they actually bother to say this over a public network that is anything but secure!?) Donot mention my family's name or disclose the transaction to anybody. (Oops, I just posted it on a public forum! Sorry! NOT!) If you are not interested in assisting me, still get in touch so that I can make alternative arrangement as time is of the essence. (Yeah right, in other words, please repond so I can send you more spam!) Please do not expose me. (Then please don't spam me!)

Best Regards,
Hajia mariam Abacha
(I wonder if such a person really does exist, I think not!)

One of these days I'm going to gather all the variants of this spam I've received, and do some forensics on it, in particular, if they're coming from the same source.

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[George Bellefontaine]

Gidday from the great Northeast, where it's damn bloody COLD again. If this winter doesn't soon end, I'll be bouncing off the walls. ;h

Kevin, I received that same letter. What a hoot.

I see Tex outgunned Eric on the flip. That Tex is fast on the draw. :2guns:

Pat, I had a pretty easy Monday and looks like the same fore today. No stress whatever. :LOL:

Andrew, that is really weird about red push from a dvd player. And congrats on the new Sharp PJ. That 350 watt metal halide lamp should give a pretty bright picture.




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[Kevin P]

Gidday from the great Northeast, where it's damn bloody COLD again. If this winter doesn't soon end, I'll be bouncing off the walls. ;h I've been bouncing off the walls as it is. I'm ready to move to Florida. :roll:Kevin, I received that same letter. What a hoot.The exact same letter? I wonder if anyone else here got it. I wonder if someone is harvesting email addresses from htguide.com and using them to send these spams. They're the only type of spam I ever receive on my patzcatz.com address.

According to Snopes, there are hundreds of variations on the Nigerian scam spam floating around the net. I'd be curious if you got the exact same one I posted, or some other variant.




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[Sonnie Parker]

HA HA HA .... plastic pants. Maybe leather?

All is okay on the coffee front this morning. Tubes cleaned out and running into my veins very well. :D


Funny flip pic David.


George.... we are having such nice weather here.... in the 70's! But I wouldn't want to rub it in or anything.


Wonder what Toshiba will say today? I've made it a commitment to call them daily.




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I haven't gotten the nigerian email in a while now...

I'm sort of looking into buying a laptop...still not sure though. If I get one i'l replace my desktop with it, give glenda my PC and sell her's off cheap to someone for thier kids or what not.




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[efarstad]

Kev: I get e-mails like that ALL THE TIME, even at my work e-mail...and my boss does to! :x

Ever get that one about a car crash of a distant relative and how they believed you to be the only heir to their inheritance? I got one about a year ago, that sounded SO STINKIN' legit it scared me. They even found a guys name that lived in Norway that had the same last name, said he worked for such and such company, but died...and I was his heir. I contacted the company in Norway and low and behold the guy didn't even work for their company. What is amazing is the time and effort they took to research an actually company, that was in Norway, my families homeland! 8O Either that or it was dumb luck!

It's amazing the length folks go to to cheat and swindle!

E




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[Andrew Pratt]

Sonnie you can take that :sn and stick it up your ;s@ :B




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[David Meek]

Lex, nobody noticed. :rofl:

[Lex]

Big Boss virus is attacking again, be aware... I've been sent it 3 times in the last 3 days.

PC problems continue to plague me at home. Last night, email and ICQ start acting up. Email downloads so far and locks up, or sometimes, locks up before it even displays. ICQ would lock up before it even went online. I'm not sure what's going on, but right now, it's looking like a total reload situation to me.

I may try to restore from my ghost image. But I noticed one thing I don't like about my last install. I went with FAT partitions, and every time you have to shut down abnormally, you go through that disc scan. I don't think NTFS does that.

So, I may reformat, then try to install from ghost image.

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We're having a great sunny weather over here too but only around 60... but then again... not too bad for early March.
Having the week off enjoying Basler Fasnacht (which is a big carneval... supposed to be the 5'th biggest in the world)
Below some sunny pics :)
Not going widescreen so will do them as links :)
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[George Bellefontaine]

Sonnie, I'll second what Andrew just said...




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[David Meek]

Mats, that's an interesting looking parade you've got there - headless people and all.




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[Bing Fung]

Trev, about 7:00, OK?


Time for one of those anti-spill mats huh...?

What kind of anti-spill thingy am I huh? :rofl:


That Mats, what a card... :rofl: :rofl: Nice crisp pictures BTW.

Its a nice picture of one of my all time favorites Pat :)




Bing

[Mats]

They been walking around since 1808 so I guess they lost there head long time ago :)
The event started monday morning at 04:00 and will go on till thursday morning 04:00. They walk around and play there piccolas and drums 24H with some short breaks for microsleep and beer and wine ofcourse :) there where some 100'000 people in town at 4 0'clock monday morning watching the start. I had to get up at 1:30 to pick up my parents who where down from Sweden. They're on a tour around southern France with there mobile home and stayed with us over the weekend and this monday so they had a chance to see parts of this big party. They choosed to stay on the German side with the mobile home since it's soo much cheaper than here in Switzerland.
Anyway.. up 1:30 pick them up. Champagne breakfast at 3 and then off into town for a wine session at a friends office which is located perfectly above one of the main town squares, just intime for the start at 4.
Starting to get slightly sleepy right now, but am ready to go back into town right now :) Let's see if I'm still alive tomorrow. :)




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[Kevin P]

Big Boss virus is attacking again, be aware... I've been sent it 3 times in the last 3 days.If you look at the headers, you might get some clues as to who is sending it to you. In particular, look at the last Received: header. For example, you might see something like this:Received: from [ IP address ] (helo=computer name)
by email server with smtp blah blah...
id blah blah... for your email; Wed, 29 Jan 2003 05:54:25 -0800 (obviously the date will be different on yours)

In particular the IP address and computer name will tell you if you're getting hit by the same, or different senders each time. Unfortunately Sobig doesn't pass the real email address of the sender, just the IP address and machine name (which may be a clue, if you recognize it).PC problems continue to plague me at home. Last night, email and ICQ start acting up. Email downloads so far and locks up, or sometimes, locks up before it even displays. ICQ would lock up before it even went online. I'm not sure what's going on, but right now, it's looking like a total reload situation to me.Dude, you need a Dell. :LOL:I may try to restore from my ghost image. But I noticed one thing I don't like about my last install. I went with FAT partitions, and every time you have to shut down abnormally, you go through that disc scan. I don't think NTFS does that.I don't know if Ghost will restore an image from a FAT drive to a NTFS drive or not. It might not. Give the Ghost image a try, and failing that, reformat from scratch (delete partitions and all) and reload from a blank slate, preferably NTFS.

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[Burke Strickland]

Real Life Adventures - March 11, 2003
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[efarstad]

Burke: :rofl: That is hilarious!!!!

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Burke, that's funny. What's sad is if I got a phone I would probably be text messaging on it more than talking. 8O




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[Eduardo]

Hello everybody and happy tuesday. You guys crack me up. I was at a customer site this morning and configured a new router. I need get my CCNA.

Mats the picture with the headless people freak me out, :??

Congrats on everybody's new and pending toys. Don't know why I'm happy but I am. :D




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[Kevin P]

Hey guys, remember the CodeRed II worm from a couple years ago, that infects IIS boxes? It looks like it's making a comeback. It hasn't been heard much about in the past year because it was programmed not to spread in the year 2002, or the month of October, but now that it's 2003 it looks like it's coming back.

I've logged 10 separate scans from CRII-infected boxes on my firewall in the past few hours, and they seem to be coming in faster every hour.

It goes to show that people never bother to install patches.

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[Eduardo]

Burk that was hillarious.




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[Lex]

Thanks for the input Kevin on my new computer predicament.

Well, the US Military flipped out today, bombing Florida :E with the Mother of all bombs, except Nuke's of course...

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/03/11/sprj.irq.moab/index.html

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8O - Lex that's a heavy duty bomb. Hopefully it will scare saddam straight.




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[Chris D]

OSIT, all.

Well, the Air Force saw fit to hand me the keys to a 100 million dollar aircraft today, so I took it out for a spin.
:-y :-y :-y :-y :-y :-y :-y :-y :-y :-y :-y :-y :-y :-y :-y :-y :-y

YEEHAW! Wow, that thing's amazing. I just took half a million pounds of metal into the air, did amazing things, and then brought it back to Earth without killing anybody of real significance or bending anything. Wow. I carried a Hum-V (real name HMMWV or something like that) and some other stuff in the back, the first time I've ever carried a vehicle on board.

I'm beat. Lots of work today, and lots of room for improvement. I get to fly again on Thursday, so tomorrow I get to recoup. Gotta go call some companies about participating in my theater project!
:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Gotta do the bananas today.

Lex, we actually will be carrying that bomb in the back of our aircraft! Me, a bomber pilot. Who woulda thunk it.

Only 59 members to go! :D :D :D :D :D :D

Andrew: Downloaded and listened to that song you linked to. I like it! Very folksy. My favorite country in the world (outside of mine) is Ireland. There's a bar in the Temple Bar district of Dublin called Gogarty's, where downstairs is normal bar dance music. But upstairs every night on weekends they have traditional Irish folk music, and it's awesome. Everybody is just foot stomping, hopping around to the pipes, guitar, and traditional Irish tom drum. Love it.


Chris




CHRIS
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[Bing Fung]

A rabbit holding up Snowmen, Technology taking a step back... Funny Images Guys!

Chris, that is awesome when you can hurtle cubic tons of metal through the air that is worth 100's of millions of dollars... You Rulez D00d :amen:




Bing

[efarstad]

Chris is a Bomber Pilot! :banana:

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[Sonnie Parker]

YEEHAW!
WOAH NELLIE! That is not a Washington residents exclaimation..... you gotta be a hillbilly to exclaim it! lol

....without killing anybody of real significance ...
How comforting! Just who is "real significance"? Are TTP buddies included? Just checking! hee hee

Sounds like you had a lot of fun Chris.


Speaking of the MOAB, the city of MOAB (in somewhere USA) is trying to get the US Military to change the name of that bomb fearing that their city might be targeted as a result of the bomb's name. Heard something to that effect last night on the news.


Lex, I'm with Kevin.... time for a DELL! You won't be sorry, at least I dont' believe you will.


Man, it sure has been nice weather here today! Like almost 80 degrees! Wish you northerners weren't so cold! :LOL:




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I'm about to attempt to install a new version of Sendmail on my linux box, to address a security hole. So if you try to email me in the next few minutes and it bounces, that's why.

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Hi gang, got the Aerials home, and found UPS had left a note saying the Musical Fidelity DAC is in. Yeah, baby! I'll pick it up tomorrow after work.

Chris, that's cool dude! Fly the pants off that monster. . . .

Sonnie, OF COURSE we are significant. Who'd Chris hang with if he took us all out? :) Chris, you out there? Chris?




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row, maybe




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[David Meek]

flip? FLIP! Welcome to page 11.

Here's a shot from Arches National Monument near the original Moab.

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[Kevin P]

Ok, Sendmail is up and running, now on version 8.12.8, and I can receive emails again.

In case you're curious, here's the vulnerability this version patches: Sendmail Header Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/3.3.2003.html)

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Gonna go play for a little while. Jeez, at 95 lbs each, these Aerials are as heavy as my Velodyne FSR-15 sub. Guess I'll need help getting them out of the boxes.

Kev, glad you can get E-mail again. . . .

Later y'all.




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Bing!
7 sounds good!
Do you know where I live?




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David- That's exactly what I think of when I think of Moab.

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Just heading out now Trev, 640 BV :driver:




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Wait a tick... TTP IX now has a new sponsor? Detroit?




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[Lex]

David, sorry to inform you, that this flip is DQ'd due to 3 flips in a row. Flip rule states only 2 in a row, then you have to sit on the sidelines for 1 flip. Sorry, I don't make the rules, I just enforce them. :LOL:

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We have a new sponser.
I have a feeling Lex is behind that!..

I love V-8's,,:-y




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I wonder who keeps changing the thread title. Must be one of the 27 moderators who hangs out in here. Well, one of 26 since it ain't me. ;)

Purty national monument pic there David. :T

I love V-8'sI had a V-6 once, does that count? :?? I'm kinda stuck in L-4 mode these days, but hey, that's half of a V-8, right? :)




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Had a busy afternoon looking at different laptops etc...still not sure if its a wise choice or not but it would be handy.

Picked up the Norah Jones CD today at Costco. I almost picked up her live DVD since it was only $14 cdn there but decided I wanted the CD more




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hEY..... Who keeps changing the TTP Thread title??? :crazy: :rofl:




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I have no freekin idea. :LOL:

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I have no freekin idea. :LOL:

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It must have been Bing!! :yesnod:

Just heading into work..
No day off for this guy today.

Thanks Bing for your help last night..:T
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Don't forget the glass door! ;)




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Well, we should all be comforted to know Sonnie is sitting on his a$$ in Alabama, so that the rest of us can go to work worldwide.

:twisted: I'll get you Sonnie, one of these days. :LOL:

Hey all, team lead breathed a deadline on me on current project(s), but didn't say what all had to be done. Isn't that nice? LOL. :evil:'

Bing, can you come over and do me next. I mean my computer, not me. :LOL:

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[Kevin P]

Morning folks. Yes it's Wednesday but I'll leave the "H-day" word for our resident newlywed. :-y

Speaking of funny cell phone related cartoons, I present today's Dilbert:

http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2008129430312.gif

What's funny is the remote that goes to my Sony megachanger has a flip-down panel on it and if I flip it and hold it up to my ear it looks a lot like a cell phone, so I can pretend I'm talking to someone. It can come in handy if the PHB comes by and I don't want to be interrupted. :LOL:

Pr@, have you listened to Norah yet? On your new Denon perhaps? ;) Have you figured out your red problem?

Turns out I was right about CodeRed II. Sort of. It isn't actually CodeRed II but a new variant of it that has the date check removed. It started spreading yesterday. So just a friendly reminder to those with IIS boxes (we know Mats just LOVES IIS! :?? ) to make sure they are up to date with patches. And to those who use Sendmail as an email server (in Unix, Linux or Windoze), to patch that as well due to its recently discovered security flaw.

CodeRed.F information (http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/codered.f.html)

Patch for IIS vulnerabilities (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-044.asp)

Sendmail buffer overflow vulnerability (http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/3.3.2003.html)

Later folks,

Your friendly Techno-Wiz Guru (or "geek" for short) :)




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Oh, starting out to be a REALLY bad workday. More, later.




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...bad workday...Isn't that redundant? :??




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[Andrew Pratt]

Pr@, have you listened to Norah yet? On your new Denon perhaps? Have you figured out your red problem?

I was listening to Norah on the Denon on monday night when a friend came over to pick up my old M8a box's. I brought her to work with me as well:)

I didn't get chance last night to play with the Denon...maybe tonight.




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[Lex]

I didn't get chance last night to play with the Denon...maybe tonight.

So what did you get a chance to play with Pratt? ;)

David, hope things are ok at work. Things heating up here on this project. The next year or two could be a real PIA. I'll do what I can, but as far as deadlines? I'll do what I can in the workday, but forget long overtime, not gonna happen. They don't pay me enough, or recognize my talents enough (promotion, what's that?) for me to give them free time.

Oh, I put a new title in last night, but lost my nerve leaving it that way. Powered by Pu..y hahaha.

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Guys what are your thoughts on this potential laptop (http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0665000FS10025012&catid=10517&logon=&langid=EN&dept=1&WLBS=fs%2Dweb6) ?

We spent yesterday afternoon between a mid wife appointment, going to costco, and meeting with the doula at night so I didn't have any time to do the projects I wanted...oh and I went to four stores looking for more black hammered paint to finish of the sides with but wal-mart is the only place that carries the Rustoleum line and they were all out :evil:




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The next year or two could be a real PIA.At least you can say you will still be there in a year or two. I can't even hope for that in my case.I'll do what I can, but as far as deadlines? I'll do what I can in the workday, but forget long overtime, not gonna happen. They don't pay me enough, or recognize my talents enough (promotion, what's that?) for me to give them free time.I'm the same way. You want overtime? Show me the money. And as for deadlines, they don't seem to carry as much weight with me without any f!@#$% job security.Oh, I put a new title in last night, but lost my nerve leaving it that way. Powered by Pu..y hahaha.What, you didn't say Powered by CAT? Or Pu..yCAT? :-y

Pr@, that looks like a nice laptop, except for the fact that it's a Compaq. :throwup:

I love my Dell.




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Patch for IIS vulnerabilities (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-044.asp)


Corrected you link Kev :)
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Kevin trust me I have a hate on for Compaq as well but truth be told they are apparently pretty reliable laptops...and I IPAQ has held up very well. I would love a Dell but their prices are quite a bit higher for less Ram and no CDRW...I'd love an IBM since I really like their track point mouse but again they're even more $$ then the Dells




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Kevin, actually, I've got little true security at that. Once, they laid off 70 computer people here years ago. Well, the state is in the middle of another budget shortfall, and the place is looking at a loss of close to 400 jobs right now. Around half of those are filled positions. So, even though I am on a hot project for Academia, there's still no guarantee. I've got about as much security as the next guy, not very damn much. Especially with my relations here.

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Gidday all from the great Northeast, where it is finally warming up a bit. :)

Man, that Capt. Chris is something else, isn't he, flying that huge new plane of his, and carrying that superbomb, too. Careful there, Chris.




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its finally warming up here too...

Looks like i might get the laptop above if our tax return that we gave to the accountant yesterday comes back with anything but us oweing money...that shouldn't be a problem but my pronto job might bump me into another tax braket which will mean I won't have paid enough tax...which is hard to believe when I look at how much the greedy bastards take off my checks each month :roll: Guess I'll know tomorrow...




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[Sonnie Parker]

Howdy from BAMMER on my DAY OFF! (just for you Lex!)


Such a lovely day and gonna be up close to 80 degrees again today. :sn


Cool lookin' flip pic David..... shame on you with 3 flippy's in a row!



Finally, just maybe, crossing my fingers..... is it possible? My new Toshiba set is supposed to be on a truck headed my direction.

Toshiba customer service could not tell me this. I had to call the corporate office in N.J., which they gave me a # for Tennessee's customer service HQ's where I talked with the lady who is supposed to be over the entire company's customer service dept. She immediately said she would get to the bottom of it and find out what's going on. She even called me back within 5 minutes of talking to her.

When I started out telling her my story she was astounded at the fact it took 3 weeks to get a service center to pick up my set. Then I think she may have hit the floor when I told her I'd been without my set since Jan. 10th.

Just maybe this is coming to a close.




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[Eduardo]

Yes it's Wednesday but I'll leave the "H-day" word for our resident newlywed Thank you Kevin. HAPPY HUMP DAY

Its a very special hump day indeed - Today is official Happy Day (day Allison and I got married) - 5 Months. Wow longest I've been married. ;)

Lex and Kevin are full of wit today. :T Great Dilbert Kevin. Loved it. Thanks for taking care of my quote problem too. David, I'm sorry today is starting out bad. Just think about your new DAC that will be hooked up to your new speakers. :D Pr@, the laptop looks good. the only other option I would have wanted is a USB 2.0. And the Battery life looks a little short. Hi - Chris, Sonnie, Bing, Pat, Burke, Hap-E, and everybody else.

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[Kevin P]

Its a very special hump day indeed - Today is official Happy Day (day Allison and I got married) - 5 Months. Wow longest I've been married. ;)I have you beat, by 5 years, 5 months and 1 day. :) Hard to believe it'll be 6 years this May. Time flies when you're having fun. Even if there's no time left for :hump:

Yes Pr@, we all work for the gov't don't we :roll:

Sonnie, hope you get your Toshiba SOON!!!




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Okay Chris..... here's the exclaimation:

YEEEE-HAWWWWW!


Trucking company just called me and says they are sending 3 guys and my new set for delivery at 8:30am tomorrow morning.


YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!




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[efarstad]

:sn :sn :sn Good Morning/Afternoon! :sn :sn :sn

It's Nicole's 30th Birthday today!!! :party:

Tonight grandma and grandpa are babysitting and we're going out to this Chinese restaurant that's been in our neighborhood for the last 25 years...it's pretty famous around these parts and we've never tried it sho it should be fun.

My 1600 should arrive today! :-y

Andrew: My buddy and occassional part-timer on TTP Jeff got a 1600 too! 8) He'd be here more often but for some reason his ISP kicks him off ALL forums and related sites...it's strange and he's trying to get to the bottom of it. Nice laptop BTW...you'd all laugh if you saw my puters! :oops: LOL...

Lex, David, Kev, et al....looks like we're all in similar boats....I attended a conference call meeting yesterday about our financials and we've all be requested to increase our work time by spending 5 more hours a week OVERTIME! Just got keep pushin' forward and get through this time...this too shall pass!

Sonnie: Enjoy your :sn today and don't get that hill billy skin of yours burnt!!! And here's hoping you actually get a tv again!

Eduardo: Happy anniversary! LOL....

Have a great day everyone!

And flip this mother....will ya? ;)

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SNIPE?




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My first flip of TTP IX....

Okay Chris..... here's the exclaimation:

YEEEE-HAWWWWW!

Trucking company just called me and says they are sending 3 guys and my new set for delivery at 8:30am tomorrow morning.


YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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Dang it...too slow on the draw! :cry:

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I attended a conference call meeting yesterday about our financials and we've all be requested to increase our work time by spending 5 more hours a week OVERTIME!Ahh, so even Happy Erik isn't immune to crap at work. What I always say, is companies get what they pay for. Just because you have to spend an extra hour a day at your desk doesn't mean you have to produce an extra hour's worth of work! Just work a little less hard through the day and it'll balance out!

Yes I know, I've been reading too many Dilbert strips, but I refuse to let companies take advantage of us peons. They want more work, then they have to pay for it, that's what I say.

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You tell em' Kevin, :F the bastards, that's what I say, lol.

Erik, what do you get for those extra 5 hours? Employed? LOL. Maybe that sun will be turned upside down soon soon... :twisted: Get in here with the rest of us pessimistic pricks.

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No, Eric, don't do it. Stay happy, man. :LOL:




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You tell em' Kevin, :F the bastards, that's what I say, lol.So true. Companies think that they have the upper hand due to the slow economy, but it's us peons that allow the company to stay in business. Its ultimate success hinges on the work we do (never mind the greedy execs who undermine this and ruin companies). If they want us to work harder, we need something to motivate us to work harder. That would be more money, a promotion, better benefits, more vacation time, whatever. Just saying you have to do more with less isn't going to work, unless you have a bunch of really stupid or gullible employees.

What gets to me is when a company has pay cuts. When someone says "I had to take a 10% pay cut" my response is "ok, so do 10% less work." Or mandatory unpaid overtime. Spending more time does not equal getting more work done. Or in the case of my job, no cost of living adjustments in 3 years, benefits getting worse, work conditions getting worse, promises not kept, and now not even knowing how much longer we'll have jobs, that translates to a lot less output from me, and no doubt many others here. In a way, we have the upper hand here, as we're doing (or not doing) the actual work.

For those who say "but you might get fired if you slack off", I say "hey, I'll probably lose my job anyway, even if I work my butt off".

Ok, I'm stepping down off the soap box now.




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Kev said: Ahh, so even Happy Erik isn't immune to crap at work.

Yep, but I try to take crap and turn it into compost! LOL....but yes, sometimes the stench is so bad it's unbareable...it hasn't reach that with me...and I don't anticipate it either.

Then Lex said: Erik, what do you get for those extra 5 hours? Employed? LOL. Maybe that sun will be turned upside down soon soon... Get in here with the rest of us pessimistic pricks.

Yep, I stay employed...but it's not really 5 EXTRA....for instance. I have a target billiable goal of 35 hours/week. So if I can swing a complete 40 hour work week being "billiable" then I'm groovy. So it's not like 45 hours a week...it's billable hours. So I just spend more time doing billable work and I'll be alright! Plus this 5 extra hours thing is supposed to be temporary...we'll see! 8O Now the real question...do I have 40 billable hours! :P DOH....

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[Kevin P]

Oh, that's not so bad then. Just billable hours, not working hours.Plus this 5 extra hours thing is supposed to be temporary...we'll see! 8O Ahh, Temporary! Yes, that's what our company always says when they stick it to us... it's "temporary!" When they took away wearing jeans during the week, it was temporary. 2 years later we still aren't wearing jeans (except on Fridays). When they started locking the doors 24 hours a day, it was going to be temporary--I still have the email stating just that--and 2 years later, no change.

Using the word "temporary" to lessen the blow on bad news is like saying that a tax hike is "temporary". :roll:

And get this, I still have an email containing my review form (that I had to fill out), dated March 19, 2002. I still haven't had that review. Nor did I have one in 2001. And though they pulled the "we're going to do salary reviews" this year too, still nothing.

Now you can see why "pretending to work" is one of my favorite activities these days. :twisted:

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[Sonnie Parker]

Ah heck guys.... just work 4 days a week/7 hours a day. Works well for me! :D :D :sn :sn :D :D

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Hey, I'm back. Survived the morning - didn't quit in a fit of anger or anything. I just don't know how to read my new boss. He's a French Canadian and we have different ways of saying and reading things. We wind up banging heads way too much and I've just about reached the end of my rope. Sorry 'bout the negativity.

My old boss at XXXXX Oil (a REALLY good man) saw my wife in the hall at the old office, and he said to have my call him about "things". So we've been playing phone tag all morning. Hopefully something will come out of this.

Those Aerials are awesome! Even with the good-but-less-than-stellar amplification of my RX-V1, they sound SO much better than the Boston Acoustics it's staggering.

E, sorry to hear you are having "bad days" too. Keep being happy - you are our rock. If I ever have a chance to talk to Jenice, I'll have a better idea about hooking up next week some time. We're ships in the night right now.




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Hey David: Good to hear things are groovy! And I'm not having it bad, I'm just living large and in charge buddy! :D Work stuff happens and I just role with it. I can control me and only me...so as long as I work hard and do my best that's all I can do. So let noone say I'm having it bad...there's a lot more folks worse off...I consider myself SUPER Blessed! :sn And yes, let me know if we can work something out during your trip!!! That would be great to meet in person!!! :^x

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Ya know, that positive attitude will get you beat up some day. :LOL:

I got a Viagra spam in my home email. Ok, so maybe I'm not as :hump: crazy as Eduardo here but I don't think I'm at the point where I need pills... yet. :roll:

Now if I start getting spammed for happy pills I just might respond... :twisted:




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So let noone say I'm having it bad...there's a lot more folks worse off...I consider myself SUPER Blessed!

Just think, we all have computers, telephones, a place to live, families, toys, etc., etc.!!! .... there are those that have nothing and are happy.



I know where the happy pills are! I know where the happy pills are! Nah-na-nah-na-na! I know where the happy pills are!




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uh oh sonnie got into the medicine cabinate again 8O




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Hey Andrew: Jeff got his 1600 up and running and no red push or anything...just an FYI!

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Just think, we all have computers, telephones, a place to live, families, toys, etc., etc.!!! .... there are those that have nothing and are happy.Well, after I'm unemployed for a year and lose the house and have to sell off everything I own and we're living under a bridge in the box Sonnie's Toshiba comes in* we'll see how happy I am... heck I might be happier there than in this crummy job.

Powered by Sonnie's Cow-tipping, Inc.Are you hiring? Are you looking only for experienced cow tippers or do you offer on-the-job training? And how much do you tip a cow? 15%? 20%? :)

KJP

* You are saving the box for me this time around, right? :)




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Pr@, it sounds like your red-push is problematic to your machine. I'd send that puppy back for a replacement.




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[Lex]

What's with all the initial'ed folks joining? We running out of usernames? :LOL:

Andrew, one suggestion. take one component end, and plug it where it goes, take the other two, and shove one up your a$$, and the other in your ear. Now, I am betting you don't care so much about the picture huh? :twisted:

Actually, try this, reverse 2 of the component connectors on each end. Particularly, the red, and blue for example. So, what you have, is the red connection on the blue on both ends, and vice versa. Now see what kind of picture you have. This will eliminate the cable. To be certain, do the same thing with the green and red.

Just to make sure one of your colors hasn't dropped out via the cable.

Yeah Sonnie, I still hate your hillbilly a$$ for having it made. :LOL:

Kevin, thanks for bringing me up out of the dumps. lol.

E, one of these days we are going to remove the smiley from the option list. :LOL:

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Actually, try this...Just to make sure one of your colors hasn't dropped out via the cable.Oh, Lex, Lex, Lex, you fool you. :) What you're SUPPOSED to say is "Hey Pr@, your component cable could be bad. To find out, you need to try another one, preferably a ... " :)

On the other hand, I think I recall him saying that S-video showed the red tint as well.Yeah Sonnie, I still hate your hillbilly a$$ for having it made. :LOL: Me too. I think we should all go to Bammer and hold his geese hostage until he hires us. :LOL:Kevin, thanks for bringing me up out of the dumps. lol.Misery loves company, and I have plenty of misery to go around! After all, someone has to make up for E and Sonnie and their danged happy pills. :twisted:E, one of these days we are going to remove the smiley from the option list. :LOL: Better yet, leave it on the option list, but in posts have it display Mr. Yuk or skull/crossbones or something like that! :LOL:

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:cry: :cry: :cry: Ok, I won't post :sn anymore... :cry: :cry: :cry:





















:sn :sn :sn :sn :sn :sn SYKE!!!! :sn :sn :sn :sn :sn :sn

:P

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[Jeff Aguilar]

Hey E,

Now I have two Denon 1600's. I just signed for another one at 1:22 pm. He had no idea that I was not you. I signed "Hap-E", and it WORKED. Now I have two of them.

It sure is funny how your work is asking you to do overtime and when I talked with you yesterday you left the office early???

J

[efarstad]

:rofl: J you crack me up! Yes everyone, Jeff is now J because he's trying to be like me! :P

And for the record...I worked through lunch! So there! ;-x

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[Jeff Aguilar]

Yes, it's true. I want to be more like 'E'.

It all started when he bought the Rotel.
So, I bought an Outlaw 950. Mine cost less!!!

He bought a new tv for his family room.
I bought a new tv for my family room. My tv is bigger though! 8O

He bought a new DVD player.
I bought a new DVD player, only mine was less expensive and was delivered before his! It was the same unit too!

His name is E, so I want my name to be J.

Are you Hap-E now?

J

I should get back to work now. I need to finish this book before Friday so I can do a book report on it. I feel like I am in school. It's the autobiography of Zig Ziglar. Awesome book, awesome guy!

[efarstad]

Yes folks...J is a wanna be! I can't get him away from me... :sos:

LOL...and yes he ordered the 1600 but paid for Fed Ex which turned out to be ONE CENT cheaper then I paid and he got his one day earlier than me! LOL....

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Just gave the dog my salsa plate to lick clean...I wonder how long it takes her to run to the water dish:) ...

actually it was about 20 seconds 8O




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8O Hello...talk about a dishwasher! :P

Does she dry dishes too?

E




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[Sonnie Parker]

It sure is funny how your work is asking you to do overtime and when I talked with you yesterday you left the office early???
Now we really know the truth.... :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:


Andrew, that was mean man.... truly mean! You are :twisted: ... Poor dog...

I think we should all go to Bammer and hold his geese hostage until he hires us.
I'd have to hire you fairly quick or move out of the house. Angibug would run me off. lol


Lex, you know you really love me! :rf


Well fella's, you may not believe it but I'm looking at my new Toshiba set. The fellow called a few hours ago and said they were bringing the set tonight and sho-nuff they did.

We don't know what to do now.... are we supposed to hook it up and watch it?




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[Lex]

most people would be supposed to watch it Sonnie, but since it's you, well, maybe not. After all, you've not watched one since Jan, so you should be used to it by now, lol. :^x

Jeff, you really need to work on an identity, lol.

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[Trevor Schell]

Hi guys!

Ha! Ha! On the cow tipping Sonnie!!
I have heard of that, but never had the opportunity to try it.
Just seems like a funny overall activity..Moo!

E,,30:E..Happy Birthday!!
I hope you shower her with gifts and jewellry!

I just ordered order two 512MB chips of PC2700 ram for the new board.
Bing was kind enough to drop by last night and attempt to repair the computer. With no luck , We decided to put in the new board (ASUS K7XV8 Deluxe)
Bing took the computer home to his house to finish installing the Windows XP disc and hopefully figure out what went wrong.
It could be the hard drive that is corrupt.
I just hope that all my Digital pics survive. I had 1 years worth of pics on there. :#

Bing is my Idol! :amen:




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Trevor, why not put dual hard drives in, big suckers, and just back everything up to a second drive. Unless you want to fool with backup software, you are going to have to realize,that this will happen, like I have now done. I won't be running unless I am backed up now. That is as soon as I get my computer back in order. :(

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Yeah, Sonnie, your still my favorite hillbilly. But love? Lets not get carried away, lol.

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LEx,,Thats a good idea..
I have two big drives in there. Just never thought of mirroring them.

That's what I might just do once I get it back!




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Andrew!, That Laptop sounds like a good deal.
Faster than my current computer too! Plus 64 megs of Video Ram.
Staples also has it for $1,899

GO fOR IT !!:-y




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Sonnie,, I sure hope your new RPTV doesn't disappoint this time around.

16x9 BaBy!!:-y




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Should I leave this one for BING to Flip???:E




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Nope! I'll

FLIP IT!!


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Trev: Nice flip...I remember playing Zelda back in old Nintendo days...no not N64, good old school Nintendo!

You said: E,,30..Happy Birthday!!
I hope you shower her with gifts and jewellry!

:D Yea we had a nice time at dinner...but she bought her present months ago...this fancy smancy tapestry for our entryway...I haven't even seen it yet! LOL....and in 7 day's I too get to join the 30's club! 8O

Night fellas....oh, 1600 arrived safely...won't have time to play with it until tomorrow night though..it turned on ok and the tray opened! :-y

P.S. Sonnie: Glad you have a tv...remember it's one of those things with a lot of movie pictures! They're even in color now!!! :P

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[Lex]

Flip it sure is better than snip it, huh? ;) Has sort of a bad connotation associated with it, huh? :LOL:


Where the heck is PAUL!!!

I have a little news, but not sure when I will reveal it. ;)

Hey, Sonnie actually has to work today, around 10ish anyway, until what 3 Sonnie? :LOL:

How's new TV??? I got to admit, you were much more patient than I would have been. I'd a been on some suites in Japan long before now, lol. If they ever wanted to see another sushi, they'd have some business to take care of. :LOL:

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xx) xx) Morning folks! xx) xx)
(my answer to Hap-E's sun smiley greetings!) :twisted:

Trevor (would that be "T" now?), I say flip it! Flip it good! Sounds like an 80s song... ;)

E, I had an old-school Nintendo years ago. Played a lot of Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, Pac Man, and Galaga on it. Then my sister stole it. :( I never got into the newer game units. You're turning the big Three Oh soon. Danged whippersnappers. ;) Heather turned 30 a week before our wedding, which was 6 months after I turned 30, so it's always easy to remember how long we've been married! As long as I can remember my age... ;)

Sonnie (I guess you would be S), have you hooked up the TV yet? It does work better after it's hooked up and plugged in you know. Remember to save the box for me, since we may be heading to Bammer and moving into it if/when I lose my job.

J, you have an Outlaw 950? K is jealous. :)

Pr@ (A?), Heather and I got a chuckle thinking about your poor dog licking the plate and then making a mad dash for her water dish! It wasn't that super hot salsa now was it? 8O You'd be surprised at the things our cats will eat, especially Jambo.

Time for K to pretend to work for a while...

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After all, you've not watched one since Jan, so you should be used to it by now, lol.
Uh-huh.... that should be since December 20th (the night it broke).

Thanks on the TV guys.... sure is nice to have it back. That 35" Sanyo really has a terrible pic. Never realized how bad it was until lookin' at it for soooooooooooooooo long.

Ha! Ha! On the cow tipping Sonnie!!
I have heard of that, but never had the opportunity to try it.
Just seems like a funny overall activity..Moo!
Nothin' like cow poop squeezing up between your tows Trev.... you definitely gotta try it sometime. lol

Happy Birthday (early) Hap-E! The party has started already huh?

Hey, I get to my office at 8am on Mon, Tues, Thur, Fri..... and I'm here until 5:30pm. Now what I do while I'm here is another matter.

Oh, BTW, I'm gonna take off tomorrow!

Remember to save the box for me
OOPS.... they boxed up the old unit and took it with them Kevin..... sorry. I've got an old sleeping bag you can use though. Even better yet, we just put new pine straw in the goat shed..... this way you'd have roof over you.......... and it's tin so when it rains you and the goats and listen to the rain hit the tin and you can even sleep late. lol




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No the salsa is never very hot in our house since glenda doesn't like things to spicey...even the "hot" chicken burger at Wendy's is too hot for her :roll:

I played with the Denon briefly last night and it was the cable on the component that wasn't seated proplerly...at least that seems to have greatly improved the image. Its still a little more lush looking then when I switch over to the s-video feed but it doesn't look worse for it...I think I just need to sit down with Avia and dial things in again. One thing I did play with is seeing how good its downconversion was if I didn't set my TV to sqeeze the image since that was one of the big reasons I sold my old Panny A320...and boy was I surprised...sure you see see jaggies and shimmys every now and then but my tourture test of the eqyptian hyroglyphics in the begining of 5th Element prooved to be very smooth which was a pleasant surprise. So far I'm liking this player...though its no Sony 7700 for build quality or smoothness of opperation...what's with the noise as the disk spins up?




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Kevin, excuse me K, but with a name like Jumbo, I wouldn't really be surprised at what your kittie eats. :alol:

Sonnie, excuse me S, congrats on getting the replacement Toshiba after so long without one. I HOPE it works better than the last one.

Hey Lex, is that "little news" an announcement about optical cables from CATCables? I could use one.

Having lunch today with the man who was my boss at xxxxx Oil. He retired and then went to work for another company, so we'll see what we shall see.

One and a half days 'til vacation starts. Yeah! ;h

Guess I'll do a little work. Later y'all.




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As far as the laptops go I'm thinking now of seeing if I can pick up a USB to Serial adapter and seeing if I can get the pronto, hyperterminal and the rotel to work though that. If I can find one that works then it opens up more doors and makes some of the Dells a viable option again...esp since I can get a 2.4Ghz Dell for under $2K with a 3 year warrenty which would be nice. :-y Hopefully We'll hear from the tax man today so I'll know where we sit on that front....also still haven't heard from that guy selling the Nikon camera so its begining to look like I'll buy the Canon instead.




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Good luck with lunch David.




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Kevin, excuse me K, but with a name like Jumbo, I wouldn't really be surprised at what your kittie eats. :alol: My cat's name isn't Jumbo. :)Hey Lex, is that "little news" an announcement about optical cables from CATCables? I could use one.I don't think Lex likes optical. Something about coax sounding better, I dunno. :LOL:One and a half days 'til vacation starts. Yeah! ;h Lucky you. Well I'll probably be on permanent vacation in a few months anyway. :roll:




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[efarstad]

:sn :sn :sn Good Morning Gentlemen! :sn :sn :sn

K: You cracked me up with your xx) post!

S: Don't work too hard...ok? :D

L: New stuff...definately not optical cables...perhaps your Neon sign business is taking off?

A: Glad you got your cable "seated" properly! Hey I get to send my taxes in today too...now we can pay off our TV and a bunch of other stuff since I'm getting MY money back (without interest of course!)!!! :x Ya, know if they take too much taxes...heck they always do that, and we get some back shouldn't we get interest on that?!!!! Perhaps I should run for office and put that on my platform of ideas? ;)

C: How's my favorite Bomber Pilot doing?

G: Is it cold again this morning? What does a retiree do on Thursday's?

D: Have a great time at lunch and here's hoping it turns out "fruitful" for ya! :D

T: Yea, the parties started early...even though I'm turning 30 I will probably feel and act like I'm 18 for ever! :p:

To all the other "A, B, C's" I forgot... :-y

Have a great day gents....

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M0rning all, :later:

Sonnie, hope the new TV works out for ya, (though I'm not sure I knew what was wrong with it in the first place), keep on tipping those Cows.

E, Happy B-Day to Nicole and you in a few days.

Andrew, happy laptop hunting...

Trev, The PC is ready to go. Your files structures were totally corrupt, it took almost an hour of fixes before my system would boot and recognise the drive. Anyway, I was able to back up the C: partition on to my network before formatting it and installing Windows. Not all the same attributes could be salvaged, but for the most part it's all there. You'll want to back up all those photos on to CD-R though.

I ran a surface scan check and everything looks fine on the suspect hard drive, so I'm not sure what was the culprit that created the problem in the first place.

The Nforce 2 mother board seems like a very fast and stable board, I think you'll like it.

The fan swap seems to have ceasted the high pitched whine from the 7200 RPM Black label fan, however you'll have to be the judge of that.

I installed Nero Burning ROM for you so backing-up your data on to CDR should be a snap.

Anyway, I have some final tweaks to do and I can bring it by for you tonight if you would like.

Can you beleive Trev still has his Atari stuffed in his closet?? Every nook and cranny of his house has some type of toy (high or low tech) stuff into it. Literally one big "Fun House" He is my hero!




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[efarstad]

BING!

What's up buddy? You are the computer fix it man!!! WAY TO GO...now I know who to call when I have troubles! ;)

E




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[Bing Fung]

E, for a plane ticket out to WA, I'd come look at your PC anytime (yup, that's a PC alright ) :yesnod:

Kevin, I just let the fault tolerance of NTFS fix itself. I plugged the corrupt drive into my system and upon XP booting, it fixed most of the problems with in the HD files. I then just used Norton Utilites to perform a surface scan. I know there is some NTFS file and Data correction tools available, but those are targeted to the Corporate environment, needless to say the software is frightfully expensive.

Kevin, weren't you collecting and restoring some of those vintage computers a while back??

Kevin the Super Geek wanting moi to build him a PC? That's an honor :amen:

Trev, I have also backed up the entire suspect drive to the other drive as well, so you should be good to go, just be sure to buy a 100 cake of CDR's and phyically back them up and you'll be OK should something go wrong.

Man, Trev's Nforce 2 mboard boots fast :E




Bing

[efarstad]

K: Don't worry about the computer stuff...I'm probably the ancient one running my AMD-K2 333...yep...now that's slow compared to thos wiz-bangers out there...but it's just fine for what I do!

Oh, my Mits is paid off...has been for years...I'm talking about the New Philips HDTV in the Family room...did the 2 years no interest thingy...but I'll probably still just take the two years to pay it off since it's interest free (now that I think about it) and apply our return to other bills where I don't have free interest.... :roll: ...I hate debt too...that's why I have ALL debt type stuff in our Home Line of credit that's at prime (4.25%) plus I can write off the interest compared to those nasty credit cards!!! :evil:

Ok, I'll be honest...I'd love to apply our return for a FP and screen for the home theater but the better part of me says I'd get kicked out of the house and I'd have to go live in Sonnies tin goat house!8O

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I'd get kicked out of the house and I'd have to go live in Sonnies tin goat house!8O

E


:rofl:

And a while back Kevin stated somethig about living in Sonnie's TV box under a bridge :rofl:

Let it be known that I was the first one to in fact claim any TV boxes you guys may have cause I'm unemployed. So I get first dibs to Sonnie's TV box and quite possibly any lodging he may have in his tin goat house. Although I can't promise, I would be willing to accept roomates if Sonnie allowed it :W




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[Lex]

Bing, nice job on Trevor's computer. Perhaps I should send you my problem drive, lol.

What else? You guys are moving at wharp speed today, I can't keep up, lol.

Lex




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Oooh. Sonnie, Bing and Kevin - all roomates in 'Bama? A new hillbilly version of Friends? Call it Bubbas, maybe?
:rofl:




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[Andrew Pratt]

Hmm those 2.4 ghz dell laptops are looking mighty tempting if I can find out if the port replicators work properly 8) That would make my laptop 1100 hz faster then the PC its replacing 8O




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[Bing Fung]

Hah, Bubbas.... Good one David! :rofl:

I have been fooling around with Video capture and Compression.... Have a look at this DivX clip from MIB II. Its only 6Mb but the quality is darn good for the amount of compression applied. That DivX is one hell of a codec the whole show is 645Mb (can you say VCD?)

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fung1/MIBII_Ignant.avi

Give it some time to download


If you can't see it, you may need to update Windows Codecs Get the DivX codec here.. http://www.divx.com/divx/ Trev, you won't have to as I'm testing and tying this now on your new PC :hump:




Bing

[Jeff Aguilar]

Good morning gents.

It seems you guys have been up for hours. I just got up. :oops:

What a life I lead. Go to work whenever I feel like it and never return phone calls.

Lex (it's Andrew...but you're groggy from sleep so we'll let this one pass)*edited by E, good to hear that your colors seem better on your dvd player. My seems very quiet. It is in another room from my tv, maybe that has something to do with.

Man life is good right now. My house is quiet, my kids are happy. Let me give some free advice to everyone out there. NEVER and I mean NEVER let a sister in law with 3 kids move into your home. No matter how big your house is. It practactly took an act of God to move her out after 6 months. :evil:

Wow, I can't tell you how happy I am now that I have a new TV. I know how you feel Sonnie. Except I did not have one to break down! 8O This is my first adventure with a bigscreen. I have had my Sony KP-57WS500 for just over a week now! It's awesome! Now with the new DVD player, I really think that I am done with my system...for at least 3 years anyways.

I can't believe how much difference a new TV made with the sound of my system. 8) I am totally satisfied.

As long as E does not buy anything else for a while, I will be fine.

Lex - I thought I was working on a new identity? :D

J

[efarstad]

Good Morning J...a bit groggy perhaps! :P

Ok, here's what you need now, cause I'm considering it:

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Zenith HD 520 DirecTV Receiver....

8)

E




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All right! More E-toys! :T Erik, is that box OTA capable also?




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[efarstad]

D: OTA, DirecTV, and Cable....I was quoted $579 from J&R! :D I guess it's one of the best one's out there right now...

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[Kevin P]

E's getting more toys!? No wonder he's so happy! I'd be happy too if I could just up and buy stuff anytime I wanted! And getting HDTV too, sweet! Comcast recently took over AT&T Broadband for our cable service and their recent ads are hinting at HDTV service coming "soon". I'll believe it when I see it.

I do have the possibility of some consulting work, plus a tax refund on its way, but of course if I spend it on toys I'd wind up moving into Sonnie's goat barn sooner rather than later.. :roll:

I'm supposed to go to the guy's house who has the consulting work tonight, but now it's starting to S*** (swear word censored out) out and if it's bad tonight I might have to reschedule. And if Sonnie posts that it's 70 plus degrees out right now I'll sneak into his house and switch the red and blue component cables on his new Toshiba! :twisted:




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[Jeff Aguilar]

Hey Kevin, it's about 80 degrees here in my office. I must have left the heat on last night. I need to turn it down. Oh, it's about 55 outside.

Just getting to work, life is fun! Hey, I'm 45 minutes early, I should leave and come back. I think I will. 8)

E, I will see how you box works before I get one. Oh wait, I need to wait at least 3 years. We shall see.

J

[efarstad]

Come on J, you know you want one!!! ;lx

E




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[Kevin P]

A new hillbilly version of Friends? Call it Bubbas, maybe?
:rofl:
Since Reality TV is all the rage these days :roll:, I propose a new reality series, starring Yours Truly, called:

I'm a programmer, get me outta here!

I'm guessing that the best format would be like the Bachelor. I would be the "bachelor", and the candidates would be HR reps for various companies. I would meet with each rep, have an interview, tour the place, and each week I would vote off one candidate. Whoever wins gets to hire me as a programmer! :LOL:

Maybe I should email one of the networks and see if they'll consider it...

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[Eduardo]

Good monring gent. Unfortunately not for me. I spent my morning at the car dealership have my oil change after I had it changed on Tuesday. They are doing an oil consumption test. My car is burning oil now I have to find out where. Hopefully my buddy, who use to be a mechanic, can track the problem down so the dealership won't rip me off.

Trev - neat flip - I never played any of the Zelda adventures.

Happy Birthday (early) E - 30 wasn't the tough one for me, 31 seemed to hit me.

Kev - what would my abbreviation be E2. ;)

Pr@ - glad your liking your new Denon. I almost jumped on it but now w/ my truck :huh:

Sonnie - Congrats on getting your TV back from Toshiba. Did you tell them they need to throw in extended maintenace.

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[Sonnie Parker]

Nice sunshiny day here guys.... 70+ degrees.... beautiful day!

BUT.... rain is on the way. :cry:



Thanks again on the Toshiba guys.... we are keeping our hopes up that all will be okay with this one.


Bing, to make a very long story short as possible:

I got the Toshiba 65HDX82 on 12/10/02. On 12/20/02 it broke (red gun board went out). The service center did not pick it up until 3 weeks later on 1/10/03. I just got a replacement set yesterday 3/12/03.


Just so you guys will know.... I suspect the goat shed will hold about 3 comfortably.... BUT.... I'm adding on so when done it should sleep 6 or so comfortably. FIRST COME FIRST SERVE!

I suppose I should mention the nominal rental fee of $10 per person per night..... which can be worked out with manual labor.




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[Sonnie Parker]

Eduardo (can't label you "E" because that initial is taken), maybe Toshiba can pay for the extended warranty I've already purchased.

They did offer me a six month extension over their normal year but I've already got a full 5 years so that six months wouldn't help. I suppose it's the thought that counts? :roll:




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I feel like settin' someone up for a flip!




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Just don't nobody jump in and post in between my set up post.




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It will be a battle over one post!




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[David Meek]

flip? FLIP! Hehe. Where'd you guys go?

For some reason I just had to post a picture of these.

Okay, as smarty-pants Sonnie pointed out, it's a picture of a "this" not a "these". :)

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[David Meek]

I'll try to get my initial impressions of the Aerials with and without the Musical Fidelity DAC posted this afternoon if time permits. It was kinda interesting, what I heard!




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[David Meek]

Oh, just read Sonnie's posts on p13. Thanks for the set-up big guy - I'm not worthy. :amen:




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[Sonnie Parker]

Hmmm... David (I mean D), you are on your way to a flippin' title, huh?


Nice speaker..... do they come in pairs or did you get just one?




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[David Meek]

Hey Sonnie, s'cuse me S, you mean I was supposed to get TWO?!?!?!

:rofl:




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[efarstad]

Hey D, nice speakers! Look forward to your review post and pre MF!

S: Stay cool buddy...you're the only one with such :sn nice climate! 8) But the Son always shines where I'm at too!:sn ;) :sn

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[Kevin P]

Nice looking speaker there D! Ya know, with so many people preferring 2-channel over 5.1 for music, tubes over solid state, vinyl over CD, etc. wouldn't the ultimate in audio bliss be a MONO system? :LOL: Heck, one of those wind-up gramophone thingies with the horn that plays 78s ought to be the ultimate in high-end audio! :rofl:

Sonnie brags about it being 70+ degrees when it's snowing here! :M I just hope the winter weather runs out before the firewood does. Maybe I can keep warm this way: :nuke:

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[Sonnie Parker]

I do hate it for you guys with snow. I was watching the weather news the other night and the high for day in North Dakota was 15 degrees while we had 77 degrees here.


You know David, I've always wondered why some speaker manufacturers priced their full range speakers "Each" or "EA.". Like someone is really going to buy just one speaker.




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[Eduardo]

D - gorgeous speaker(s?).

S Wrote:
Eduardo (can't label you "E" because that initial is taken), Maybe I can be "E2" or "EJ" :LOL:




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[Sonnie Parker]

It's on it's way to the red dot:

http://www.snapbug.ws/images/weather.jpg

Heading southeast!




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EJ!!!! That's it!

:party:

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[Burke Strickland]

Hmmm... David (I mean D), you are on your way to a flippin' title, huh?
Actually Chris Dotur (is that "CD"?) :>) has as many "legal" flips as David (I'm NOT from Dallas, so don't call me "D" ) Meek. :>)

Here are the unofficial TTP IX page flip stats so far:

( 1 ) Andrew Pratt
( 3 ) Chris Dotur
( 3 ) David Meek
( 1 ) Kevin Patz
( 1 ) Lex
( 1 ) Sonnie Parker
( 2 ) Trever Schell
( 1 ) X - Not Counted (Only two flips in a row allowed by the same person)

( 13 ) Total Flips

You know David, I've always wondered why some speaker manufacturers priced their full range speakers "Each" or "EA.". Like someone is really going to buy just one speaker.


If someone wants to buy a single speaker as a center in a 5.1 or 7.1 system, then "EA" pricing makes more sense than having to buy a pair and then selling the other one to someone else, or use it as a plant stand. :>)

Burke

[Sonnie Parker]

I could understand it on some of the small speakers Burke, but I can't see anyone purchasing a Definitive Tech BP2002L (or whatever their powered sub model is) for a center channel.

Most speaker manufacturers make a specific center channel speaker that looks nothing like the mains while the mains are priced "each". That's when it doesn't really make sense.

NOW!! DON'T ARGUE WITH ME OR YOU'LL BE IN THE GOAT HOUSE!




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Reports of hail all around us:

http://www.snapbug.ws/images/weather2.jpg




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[Sonnie Parker]

Where's everyone at?

This page should be going a lot faster.




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[Sonnie Parker]

Post padding? Who?




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David, I found you the matching speaker that's toed in the other direction:

http://www.snapbug.ws/images/ariel.jpg




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[Kevin P]

The "each" pricing could be in order to make the speakers "appear" cheaper at first glance in order to entice buyers. Sort of like pricing something $39.99 instead of $40, $39.99 looks less expensive at first glance, hey it's under 40 bucks! Saying $250 each looks more enticing than $500/pair.

Of course now the roads are getting bad. Where's spring!? I guess I'm not going to visit that guy tonight.

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[efarstad]

S: :nono: Post Padding :nono:

For those of you curious, I sent my "team" over to take some pictures of S remodeling his Goat House four us:

http://maven.gtri.gatech.edu/sfi/gradcourses/goathouse/Roof_Felt.jpg

And here's a shot of what would be our "room mate!"

http://www.agnet.org/library/data/ac/ac1995b/ac1995b2.jpg

Word is though...he snores! 8O Or is that sound coming from the other end.... xx)

:P

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[Sonnie Parker]

E, that one doesn't have a tin top so it can't be mine....

and my goats are white:

http://www.snapbug.ws/images/ff10.jpg


and yes, they snore, or at least they have the nights I've spent with them. lol




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[Burke Strickland]

I could understand it on some of the small speakers Burke, but I can't see anyone purchasing a Definitive Tech BP2002L (or whatever their powered sub model is) for a center channel.
Hope this doesn't get your goat, :>) but I was thinking of using a Def Tech BP-2000 as my center. :>) More seriously, I really am using a pair of BP-2000s as my side surrounds. Didn't want to split a pair. :>)

Burke

[Andrew Pratt]

looks like we're getting money back so guess who's going to be a laptop tonight:)




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[efarstad]

Come on Sonnie, don't lie...it WAS tin, but in order to accomodate us you're so kind as to apply a nice REMODEL job to keep us warm!!! 8)

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[Sonnie Parker]

Hmmmm.... I don't know if the addition will help keep you warm or not. lol

Our goat house is 4 X 4's with OSB on 2 walls with tin on top..... not the luxury you might expect..... but if you guys come this way I'll try to improve on it as the rent starts coming in. hee hee


Burke, that's an awefully big speaker to lay on it's side on top of your TV isn't it? And the tonal balance and dialog is gonna be out of whack with the tweets at one side of your TV and the woofs at the other side. OR is this behind one of those FPTV screens? I could see a tall floor standing speaker for center in a FPTV system.




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[Chris D]

Trev- Nice last post. You know, HALO 2 is supposed to come out at the beginning of next year. CNN had some screen shots demoed, and it looked cool.

BIG NEWS, all! Another major company has signed on to be part of my home theater project with the magazine. I can't really reveal who just yet... or what the products are... or what the deal is. Just take my word for it. :D Chris is a happy boy, and I'll share more details when I can. We're getting closer to the whole package!

(No, Lex, they're not cables... I still got your back there)

Kev: I like the "Bachelor" idea for you. If you can just get 30 hot babes to interview you for jobs, (or should I say "interview"?) :hump: I don't think you'll be depressed about work any longer, whether you get the job or not.

Hap-E: Doing okay. Flying is SO tiring when you're not used to it yet. Just remember back to how tense you were when you first started driving and how exhausting that was. It's that way every time you learn a new aircraft for a bit.

I got to air refuel today, guys! First time ever doing it, I was able to stay latched on to the refueling boom (gas hose thing from the tanker) for 5 minutes! Let's review what happens in air refueling:

1. Two aircraft get within about 20 feet of each other
2. You both are travelling 400 miles an hour across the ground
3. Your combined weight is over 1 million pounds.
4. You're 27,000 feet up in the air where air is thin and COLD
5. You have about 45 minutes to converge with the tanker, join up, and transfer about 10,000-15,000 gallons of gas, or you don't have enough fuel
6. You have to stay within a little box about 5-10 feet wide, high, and deep
7. If you don't comply with #6, you either:
A. Crash into the other tanker
B. Snap off the refueling boom and become a unicorn airplane with a strut on your forehead, spewing fuel everywhere.
C. Fall out of position, disconnecting from the tanker and stopping the fuel flow (preferrable consequence)

8. After making it through steps 1-7, if you don't manage to kill yourself, you then pass thousands of pounds of explosive fuel about 5 feet over your head.
:crazy:

Military intelligence at work. :??

Sonnie: You're getting the storm we got last night. Pretty bad stuff. :(




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[Burke Strickland]

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that's an awefully big speaker to lay on it's side on top of your TV isn't it?
Hehe... a BP-2000 would crush my 14 inch Toshiba TV set. But it would fit nicely under my 10 foot diagonal 16:9 front projection screen. :>) However, it is a moot point since I have a now have an all-Magnepan front soundstage and the Def Techs are pulling surround duty.

Burke

[Lex]

A BP2000 on a 14" TV? roflmao. now that's funny. :alol:

It's like here's your BP2000, and here is your TV with a BP2000...

:nuke:

lex




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[Bing Fung]

Sonnie, good to hear you have the TV sorted out then :banana:


No comments on the DivX video huh? :huh: That's ok, is not like I had anything to share ......


Trev, I have a PC with your name on it.




Bing

[Andrew Pratt]

Well I gone and done it. I just hit submit on a new Dell laptop so I guess I'm a Dell Dude now :B I'm getting a Inspiron 5100 and I've loaded up on the things I can't upgrade later so I opted to get the 15" monitor and a 2.4 Ghz P4 processor. I skimped on the RAM and opted only for the DVD drive instead of the burner/DVD combo drive. I already have a burner in what will become glenda's PC so its not like I'll be without. Anywho here's what I've got coming...

Warranty 3 Year Limited Warranty - 3 Year On-Site Service, 24x7 Phone Tech Support, 365 days a year.

Inspiron 5100

Intel® Pentium® 4 processor at 2.4 GHz w/15.0 XGA Display
Memory 256MB 266MHz 1 DIMM
32MB ATi Mobility™ Radeon™ 7500 Video Card
30GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive
64MB Dell USB Memory Key
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home (I might replace this with the pro version I have)
Integrated Network Card (time to look into a wireless router:))
Internal 56K Modem Modem
8X Max Variable DVD-ROM Drive
Port Replicator USB200 Advanced Port Replicator - this should give me the serial port I need
Primary Battery 96 WHr Lithium Ion 12-Cell Battery

WordPerfect™ Productivity Pack - I'll unintall this ASAP and put in my Office XP:)




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[Pat]

Hi guys,

Bing, I downloaded your MIB clip...looked really good.
I had to reduce my screen res for it to play smoothly on my weak ass computer :?

Sonnie, Glad you finally got your tv back!

Pr@, sounds like a kewl laptop you got on the way.

Hi everyone else I missed :later:
Gotta run...




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[Bing Fung]

Thanks for the feed back Pat, your a pal! :^x




Bing

[Bing Fung]

Pat, how are those Whisper speakers working out for you? Are they part of your main theater speakers or do you use different ones for movies?




Bing

[Sonnie Parker]

Nobody taking the flip?




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I'm so nice I'll set someone else up again!




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[Sonnie Parker]

Here ya go!




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[Paul Wu]

Flip
:party:

Thanks for the setup Sonnie!

Hmm, things are moving along quite fast!

Computer problems, well still same problem, no working computer. Still on my friends laptop. I'll be picking up a new box soon, well I said that last month.

Been sick as well, both wife and me.

Sonnie: Glad you finally got you Tosh. My brother inlaw picked one up as well, I won't tell him about your problems. :) I'll wait till he's broken it in before going over and doing some calibration.

Bing: Howdy stranger, looks like the two of us are being scarce around these parts. I may need your help in picking out a new box.

Erik: Belated happy Bday to Nicole. Is Andrew walking yet? or is he crawling up a storm?

Trev: Dude you got Bing's attention.

Kevin: Same old work crap, eh?

Eduardo: How's married life treating ya? Man you're a young guy as well.

Burke: Thanks for keeping track of those flip stats.

Lex: I feel for your computer problems. I still have to get myself up and running again.

Pr@: Congrats on the new laptop.

All: Have a great day/night.

Name that pic.

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I'm planning to attend the company convention June 10-15.

[Bing Fung]

Hey Brother Pauly! Good to hear from you, suxs to hear you and Sarah ill, get well my friend.

I would love to help you pick a new PC :yesnod:

Where is that convention at?


K, Trev's not home to receive his smoking new machine.




Bing

[Pat]

Bing, the Whisper Klones are part of the theater :)
They are working out great...wish I had more time to spend with them :?




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[Trevor Schell]

Hi Guys!!!
and Gals! :boobies:

Paul!!,,Welcome back! How is your new Jetta driving these days? :driving:

Andrew!,,Congrats on the DELL!:-y,,Dude!!
Should be a good one.
I have one selected as well. Just haven't pressed the submit button yet. Did you get the $300 off promo from ordering Online?

Chris!!,,Wow!,,That is amazing what you guys do when exchanging Fuel..That would have to be an incredible rush. :yesnod:
I get goosebumps just thinking about it.

David,,Cool speakers.. :drool:

E,,,Your going to be 30 . :alol:

Bing!! ;x( ;x( ;x( ;x( ;x( ;x( ;x( ;x( ;x(
Your are my Royal Emperor.. :g>'>

I am so glad you were able to fix the computer!, That's AWESOME.
To save all my files is even better.
I just got home,,So how about tommorrow.
I can come and pick it up or you can stop by.
Let me know.
I also ordered 1 GIG of Crucial 333mhz PC2700 the other night.
I didn't want any backward compatibility issues going on with the PC-2100. It should arrive next week sometime. Then when the Bartons arrive I will get that too.
Will I need to upgrade the HD though?
Will it still keep files or should I toss it once my files are copied to another drive.?

;x( ;x( ;x( ;x( BING ;x( ;x( ;x( ;x(




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[Bing Fung]

Pat, that's excellent, I would love to hear those some day!


Trev, I can drop it off tomorrow and quickly run you through the setup.

The drive should be ok, just make sure you back-up regularly for the first while.

Cool on the new RAM, it should make thay system fly with the Barton. I was going to get a Barton as well, but I was checking out the CPU support for my Mobo, Rev 1.1 does not support Bartons, Rev 2.0 does... Guess which one I have??? That's right... :banghead: Crap I'm in the same boat you were in with the KG7, this pisses me off.

Anyway tomorrow, early in the evening would be good cause I have to head over to my brother-laws's to help him with his new kitchen cabinents after.




Bing

[Chris D]

Paul, is that the next UFO building featured in the next Men In Black III? :D

Andrew: (It's not every day we get to say this here)

DUDE, YOU'RE GETTING A DELL! :-y

Trevor: Oooooohhh... lots of memory. (drool) :drool:




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[Trevor Schell]

Bing,,
Ok!,,I probably won't get home until about 6:30PM.
If that's too late , you can leave it with Tracey.

Tough on the MB.
I was going to just get a new processor, but soon realized I wasn't gaining much at all. The new MB was the only way to go!
Techtronics says the Bartons aren't available in Canada yet, but that's bull. NCIX has them already.
The Barton 2500+ seems to be the best deal so far.




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Trev, I'll sneak in just before 7:00




Bing

[Andrew Pratt]

I'm really looking forward to seeing what the new laptop will be able to do...2.4 ghz is a lot of power :T Wonder how long a SETI job would take on that :twisted:




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[Trevor Schell]

Andrew!,,My AMD 1.47mhz does one in around 5 hours .
So you may be looking at around 2-3 hours for a Seti unit to crunch.

Bing,,7PM is perfect,,Thanks. ;lx




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