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Thanks for the options folks... I already own the router, and truth be told, the puter with win98 is going to be trashed after I get the olf files off it... though running the HD with win98 as a slave would be helpful with space, the question would remain: will the master HD recognize the slave hd, and be able to run both OS's, without conflicts? wouldn't mind keeping the old puter, but its in serious need of upgrade, and just not worth the processor upgrades.

...And The Oscar goes to.... Hang it up ladies and gentlemen, Ray wil sweep the oscars this year. Best Actor Best Soundtrack Best Musical Performance Best Picture (And in case any of you did NOT watch disc 2, you better go back and watch it... Not only did Jamie work with Ray Charles during the production of this great film, but little did I (or the director for that matter) know Jamie foxx majored in classical piano, and was not just lip sync'ing, but actualy learned many of Charles' songs just so he wouldn't look like he was blundering his way through.) I would agree with the ending comments made thus far... and had only one disappointment throughout the entirity of this masterpiece: I didn't get to hear Ray's version of America, the Beautiful, which to me, is truly awe inspiring.

Okay, here's the rub... I have 2 computers... one runs windows 98, the other XP. I want to get files from the old puter (98) and put them on my new one, however, I don't have a cd burner in that puter any longer. Is it possible to use a router, and network the computers, without using the internet connection required for the router? I know that sound foncusing, but I'm trying to explain it the best way I know how. When reading the instructions for the linksys router, it allows multiple computers to be connected to the internet, also allowing file sharing between computers. (if I am reading that right) Is it possible to just connect the 2 puters, without being connected to the net?

Okay, hypothetical question: If you were putting together a home theater system for a friend, but only had a budget of $2,000, (and did not have to buy dvd/vhs/cd players) How would you best advise, or assist your friend in building his system? Now while I realize one can spend upwards of a grand on a receiver, keep in mind the need for speakers, wires, etc...

---------------- On 1/27/2005 1:09:14 PM Tom Adams wrote: There seems to be this underlying retro-socialization of all things that neither ring true nor do they portray themselves in such lofty reasons to be present when called upon for dialog. Know what I’m saying? I mean, why isn’t it possible for us to realize that without a certain fundamental understanding of math that measuring continental drift using a pair of redball tennis shoes, a protractor, and several strands of aldente spaghetti noodles is not only impractical, but riddled with imprecision the likes of which man has not seen since, oh, I dunno….May of 1971? C’mon man….can’t I get an AMEN or are you too trapped in your own paradigm? ---------------- Okay Tom, I've re-read this statement 3 times, and still haven't figured out exactly what yer trying to say here. Within all those fifty cent words, you lost me somewhere in the "redball tennis shoes" line of thinking. Maybe I need to buy that new book, "advanced phychobabble for dummies." ...skipping the aspirin, and headed straight for maximum strength tylenol.

---------------- On 1/25/2005 8:58:13 AM Tom Adams wrote: ....I spent well over a week in San Antonio a few years back and I was totally shocked when I saw the Alamo. One gets the impression that you'll drive up to this historic setting and see the Alamo's remains in a large open area. Not so. The city has literally grown up right next to the Alamo. In a way, it's a crying shame. I understand that originally the Alamo was just another element of the city and it follows that the city would grow up around it. However, one would think that there would have been some effort to limit how close the growth would come to the actual grounds of the Alamo. Well - to me anyway. Tom ---------------- When I did basic training in San Antonio, (Air Force) they allowed us a weekend pass, during which I took a tour bus, to "see the sights." The driver/tour guide announced several times throughout the trip, "..and now we're passing over the Mighty San Antonio River.." while I'm trying to find this river which is "famous" in my eyes. ....Now please realize folks, I grew up southern Mississippi, and New Orleans... when you say river, I think of a large mass of water, with banks and levee's, akin to the Mississippi, or the Ohio... We finally arrive at the "Riverwalk" in downtown San Antonio, and.... its a ditch. I could leap across it, without getting my feet wet. Biggest disappointment while I was there.

watched it in the theaters... was a decent flick, though true to form, I thought it would be a little bit more lively. I'll probably buy it myself, just to finish out the collection, though turth be told, I'm more curious to find out how the aliens got to earth, and why, versus the predators. While both are based on sci-fi/ fantasy, the Alien series was set further into the future, than the "modern day" actions of the predators. anywho... decent flick, worth renting, at least.

Agreed, Celine Dion needs to be sat upon, forcefed cake, and given singing lessons. (chewing on antacids while typing this) Whitney Houston ANY remake of a 70's song done after 1979 Pictures -Sheryl Crow and whatshisnuts Hank Wiliams Sr. "Don't Go breaking my heart" Anything by Billy Ocean Being a karaoke singer (sometimes) if I EVER have to hear "Friends in Low Places" (Garth Brooks) or "You Never Even Call Me By My Name" (David Allen Coe) again, it will be too soon.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being (musical (non vocal) version of 9 1/2 weeks) The Blue Lagoon (yup, broke shields pre-boob job) Sirens (3 beautiful women, scantily, if clothed at all, throughout the whole movie) ....just to name a few...

London symphony Orchestra did it purty well, though can't tell you which version... used to own a digitally remastered version, and sounded damned good considering I had a piddly marantz receiver, and a pair of speakers that weighed more than I do (now.)

Air Force, 93-96... was part of the Lowry/ Lackland Express Moving Company (was part of last class before before closed)... did TDY's and more. Loved it so much they had to Kick me out. enh, joke em if they can't take a screw. "Honest sir, I only realized she was your wife, after I saw one of your silver clusters got mixed up in my laundry... ...yes Sir, I like my piddly three stripes..." Can we say OOPS!

I, too, was one of those youngster who knew it was bedtime when I heard, "Heeeeerrrreeee's Johnny!" on the television. My favorite episode was when Johnny had Jack Nicholson on the show, promo'ing "The Shining." Instead of Ed McMahon, Nicholson did the opener, using the same "ragged" voice he used in the movie. I am reminded of the television program, "Inside the Actor's Studio," and one of the questions the host, James Lipton, likes to ask all of his guests: "When you reach the Pearly Gates, what would you like to hear St. Peter say to you?" Thinking of Carson, the answer is obvious..."Heeeeeeeeerrreeeee's Johnny!"

.......and if al else fails, patience wears thin, the glass is still there, don't forget "Old Faithful: a 22 oz. roofing hammer." Get a good swing too, otherwise you might hurt your wrist and only crack the glass, not shatter it.

---------------- On 1/6/2005 5:27:04 PM popbumper wrote: Though we have seen the evolution of "musical genres" as grunge, rap, zydeco and whatever else, for me personally, nothing sums up to the rock, big band, classic country and folk music that was created in the first half to three quarters of the last century, when people who were involved in music at least had SOME merit for being "there". I realize that's a big swath to consider, but again, "real stars" of stage, screen and musical fame are now a rare commodity. ---------------- I understand what you mean, but disagree with one genre you mentioned. Zydeco has been around longer than rock, big band, and classic country. Folk music has been around longer than any of em, of course. Zydeco was born in the early 1800's about the same time jazz made its roots in america, through similiar means. I only mention this because of your grouping zydeco with ©rap music. my 2 cents... got change for a nickel?

---------------- On 1/6/2005 9:30:25 AM Born2RockU wrote: There seems to be "slim-to-nothing" musical, when it come down to musical foundational roots, appearing in any of the commercialized music in America. And all this for the almighty $$$$. It is quite obvious this is an ongoing step in the decline of the western civilization....musically ! ---------------- Harsh words, and for many of "popular" artists, I would agree, but not all. Case in point: There are several "divas" in country music that not only go back to where it started, but build foundations from the great influences ranging from Mozart, to Hendrix and the like. I do agree, wholeheartedly though... someone needs to introduce Lee Ann Rhimes to Brittney, Ashlee, and those other wannabe's, and let the youngster show 'em how to sing AND play it right.

---------------- On 1/6/2005 9:11:15 AM Tony Reed wrote: When I say a disk image, I'm referring to duplicating the data from a source CD to a destination CD exactly. Sometimes when you copy a CD, it doesn't copy exactly like the original. For example... I have a game CD that I would like to copy for my Daughter so I can put the original away. I really don't want her using the original as I'm afraid it might get seriously damaged. When I copy it and try to use it, the application on the computer can see it's not the original disk. If you lift the disk image and write it to a blank disk, you've made a exact copy that the computer sees as an original. Thanks, Tony ---------------- I understand what you ,mean now, and yes, I agree... copying one to another often times, a computer can realize its a copy. First and foremost, you need to check the size of the data to be transferred, and see if you have any blank discs able to handle the data. Next is having a Master/slave set-up in your system. If you are trying to copy to a temp folder, then to a blank disc, the puter will not transfer certain files onto the disc, as they may either be copyrighted, or considered useless, as the puter may have several versions of the same file on the HD already. If this is a gaming cd, I'd suggest a dvd-rw, versus a cd-rw, simply for the reason the cd may contain file segments a cd-r cannot hold. Though I'm probably telling you everything you already know, my only thought is about the law here... if you want an exact copy of an original disc, go buy another copy. One lil note... most discs with proprietary information have registration forms with them, as part of their setup.exe files, whereas burners won't copy those files.

so very true.

First, let me thank everyone for answering this question. quite informative, especially considering I wasn't thinking about the electrical side of things... I know sound waves emit an electrical charge, but the left side of my brain hasn't quite caught up with the right side yet. hurd, thanks for simplifying, and minn male, thanks for the chart.

okay, hasn't come out on DVD yet... but was digitally remastered in vhs format... The Five Pennies, starring Danny Kaye, Louis Armstrong, and a few other stars you might recognize... great lil film about Red Nichols, and how the "Big Band" sound made its way to popularity amongst the masses. Great soundtrack if you like jazz dixieland, and big band all rolled into one.

Max loves pushing newegg.com... personally I like tigerdirect.com for periphials, and components... but heartily agree with his recommendations for video cards... as far as software goes, there are a plethora out there, specifically for the purposes of what you need. Have never tried recording hours worth of video, but for the purposes of editing and filing, you may want to consider setting up a bank of vcr's and routing them through your puter for the purposes of timer's and such.

once again, I prefer the Radeon card to the GeForce, or NVidia cards... I play Everquest (Evercrack) and have no problems with graphics, or packet loss due to my video card not being able to handle it... if anything, MY T-1 line is too damned quick for my processor, and thats my next upgrade...

agreed, Nero is what I use also, and hand's down, the easiest to use, for copying purposes... As for actually lifting the image off the cd, I'm thinking you mean to actually reproduce the label on the cd itself? there are many programs available to do this, though you would need a scanner, or high-res digital camera, used in conjunction with Photoshop, or Kodak, I'm sure you could reproduce a label, though you will be able to tell its a label, and not an original copy of the cd.

breaking up each question here... ---------------- On 12/8/2004 2:27:10 AM wheelman wrote: I see that always upgrading the ram is a wise choice. ----------------- Yes, RAM upgrades are always helpful, but please realize random access memory is akin to short term memory... if you utilize many programs at one time, or have several running in the background while you work on whatever, the more RAM will be used. the biggest difference is "speed" is from 128 to 256... everything above that, ie. 384, 512, etc; improves performance, but unless you have a server, there's no real point beyond 512, unless this is a gaming puter, then all bets are off. ----------------------- What about the hard drive? What is the benefit of this? ----------------------- The hard drive is storage space. Some claim the more you have, the better off you are. Others, like myself, know how to be a "packrat," with the use of self extracting zip files and folders, deleting unnecessary programs, and streamlining the usage of the space available, for the puter's usage. One point of interest to note is the speed of your HD. They make HD's with a speed of 5,400, 6,900, 7,800, 10,500, and faster...the speed at which your computer retreives data from the hard drive is determined by 2 things... virtual memory available(RAM) and HD speed. You might want to take that into consideration, prior to buying a new HD. -------------------------- Also if I switch to a Macintosh will I beable to wiz right through everything? Will it be pretty much self explanitory being accustomed to a pc? -------------------------- Now we're comparing apples to ibm's, in a sense... Mac's have a completely different set-up from your average Dell, Hp, or other system, in that Mac's are very particular about the types of components usable once you crack the case. Example: Compaq's were a pain in the floppy, because if you wanted to upgrade RAM, you had to replace BOTH ram chips at one time; or if you wanted to upgrade the sound card, you had to upgrade to a PCI slot sound catrd, due to the incompatability of regular sound cards with chipset. Now on a lighter note, I see people speaking of various upgrades, and though the NVidia video card seems to be many folks choice, I would disagree, if only that I fell in love with Radeon cards about 3 years ago, and my dual output 128Mb onboard RAM Radeon 9600 hasn't let me down yet. when it does, I'll pay the extra money to get the new Radeon card.

umm, yeah, what they said... though if you decide to use a clothes iron, drape a thin layer of terrycloth over the glass, and using a steam setting, perhaps the adhesive will come loose through careful motions with the iron. if none of these work, go buy some goof off, and apply it to the edges of the adhesive... between that and a razor blade, it'll come free.

---------------- On 1/5/2005 1:43:00 PM yaffstone wrote: Watts(W) = Volts (V) X Current (I) V = I X resistance ® Therefore W = I*I*R At 100W and 4 ohms resistance (impediance) I = 5 amps, V = 20. ---------------- okay, now we've gone from english to math!?! what in Zeuses name are we talking about here? I understand about the fire retardant coating of the wire inside a wall, but completely LOST when yall start talking about math as it relates to possibilities of a fire, due to faulty wiring on my behalf.