Recent content by IskandarTaib

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    Free Book: Telecosm: How Infinite Bandwidth Will Revolutionize One WOrld

    I must admit, it's a pretty good book! I'm reading it now.
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    Kingston 128MB PC133 Memory $41.95! No Rebate! How low can this go?

    If the deal is OK on Monday, wait till then. Buy.com's got free shipping from this Monday to Wednesday.
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    Maruchan instant lunch, 5 for a dollar

    Ugh. Maruchan is about one step up from Lipton's. ugh Ugh Ugh. :disgust: The only ramen I eat anymore are Korean brands. Nong Shim Neoguri, especially. Sapporo Ichiban isn't too bad, either, or Maggi (from Malaysia).
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    still can't boot with a promise controller?

    OK.. I've "fixed" this, in a way. I tried a non-bootable drive on the first motherboard IDE channel - that didn't work. What finally fixed it was replacing the Ultra66 with a (Maxtor) Ultra100. I think the problem was that my Ultra66 had a really old BIOS (1.10). It didn't allow me...
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    OfficeMax.com $20 off $100

    There was a similar promotion a couple weeks ago, so I've already used up my first order... ^_^;;
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    MODS PLEASE ALLOW. Possible hackers on staples.com

    Outlook 2000? Open the message. Select View -> Options. (I get sick of telling people how to do this, since I do it for work - it's a pleasure to help someone outside of work, though..)
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    MODS PLEASE ALLOW. Possible hackers on staples.com

    Actually, what's more likely is that some naughty feller's been spoofing mail. It's ridiculously easy to make mail look like it came from Staples or anyone else. Look at the full headers of the message, and find out where it REALLY came from. If it came from staples.com, it wasn't forged...
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    100 pack 80 min cd-r for $7.44 total, no MIR, no PM

    I ordered 40 soft jewel cases, and the free CDRs. I must say, that's an excellent price on the jewel cases. Backordered, though, 4 weeks. Total was only $13 or so.
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    You Can Order 200 CD-R Deal on Officemax.com Now

    Mine showed up Wednesday night. I haven't unwrapped them as yet - I don't think I will for a while. They look exactly like the ones I bought at Staples over New Year's.
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    Recommendation on a 10/100 PC Card

    I've never had problems with Ethernet cards going bad, and I've never had one that didn't work (other than a really old 3C503). My latest one was a SMC EZNet 10/100 that I got from buy.com for all of $10. It was the cheapest one there. I did have to get drivers from SMC, though.. Couldn't...
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    100 pack 80 min cd-r for $7.44 total, no MIR, no PM

    << I use Kingston Hypermedia 8x discs... if these are the same thing, they're great. They burn fine at 12x for me, and I just can't scratch their tops off... I took a nail to one to test and it wouldn't scratch its top! My TDK's that came with my TDK CDRW drive (buy.com 50pk spindle bundle) have...
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    Free gift from Crawfish (survey)

    I hope it isn't an alligator steak..:disgust:
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    Free gift from Crawfish (survey)

    For &quot;What other Louisiana products, besides our seafood, would you like to see provided on our website?&quot;, I wrote in &quot;Haggis&quot;. :P :P :P :P :P :P
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    still can't boot with a promise controller?

    OK. No hard drives attached to the IDE channels on the motherboard. Tried setting &quot;SCSI&quot; as boot device -> gets BSOD (after the boot menu) as NT is loading, as before. I'll try turning PNP off. I'll try the &quot;non-bootable drive in the Motherboard IDE channel&quot; trick once my...
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    200 CD-Rs for FREE? are they any good?

    If they're the same Prime Peripherals that were on sale at Staples over New Years', they're Gigastore. Pretty good so far. ATIP: 97m 28s 12f Disc Manufacturer: Gigastorage Corp. Assumed Dye type: Cyanine (Type 2) Media type: CD-Recordable Recording Speeds: min...