Recent content by rtool

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    Earthlink DSL or Cable $29.95 for Six Months.

    What's the address for the beta server? TIA :)
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    10,000 free United miles for graduating college students

    The miles do come and, yes, an unofficial transcript will do, as long as you're a full-time student in the final semester/quarter. I'm not even sure if they verified with the registrar or not; I did not have to include that information when I mailed my stuff in. A domestic RT ticket costs 20k...
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    Maxtor 40GB 7200 RPM HARD DRIVE $28.76 + tax AC AR @ OfficeDepot

    Yikes, spent 15 minutes changing tone from polite to PO'ed but still couldn't get them to do the price adjustment over the phone. Guess I'd have to try my luck in the store...
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    Maxtor 40GB 7200 RPM HARD DRIVE $28.76 + tax AC AR @ OfficeDepot

    Did you get the new price ($78.76) before rebate & coupon? It's still showing up as $99.99 for me :frown:
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    Disabling Flush-Drive-Cache: Is it bad?

    Yikes, now I can't uninstall the Promise card. :frown: I plugged the IDE cable back into the IDE connector on the board, removed the Promise card, but WinXP just gives me a BSOD during startup and restarts on its own (even in Safe Mode); it all happens so quickly I can't even read what the error...
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    Disabling Flush-Drive-Cache: Is it bad?

    Thanks for the replies. :) Yes, I have flush cache disabled (on my Promise card) right now and the stuttering has disappeared entirely. I haven't benchmarked it before/after disabling, I guess I should have to get a definitive answer. Anyway, I'm thinking of switching back to just the ATA/100...
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    Disabling Flush-Drive-Cache: Is it bad?

    I've installed a Maxtor 200GB 8mb drive thanks to the hot deals. (not RAID, just a single drive) Since my motherboard (Dell) doesn't support ATA/133, I installed the included ATA/133 PCI adapter just for the heck of it. Not having run any benchmark, I haven't really gauged the performance or...
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    Viking 128 MB Compact Flash Card for $25! @ Amazon

    Do Viking rebates ever come? For that matter, do TCA rebates ever come?
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    Windows media player won't play .AVI clips...

    yeah, try getting a Divx player or download the Divx codec http://www.divx.com/divx/ http://www.divxity.com/download.php
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    Win XP: "Cannot find 'null'" error message

    I keep getting this error message whenever I open the Control Panel: Windows cannot find '(null)'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for the file, click the Start button, and then Search. Whenever I open Control Panel or Printers and Faxes via the Start...
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    **Freezing** yet ANOTHER PayPal Scam

    The #1 payment site is down for the 2nd time in 2 days...
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    Stocks is bad for the economy

    So, how much did you lose? I think you've got speculation and investing confused :Q If you (think you) know enough about a company and have faith in what they're doing, then why not buy some shares from others who've lost faith in the companies? I'm not sure how much you can know about a...
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    Pinnacle PCTV Pro at Compusa Free AR

    Small claims court is about $15-$20...we can even include that as part of our claims...
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    Nero 5.5.7.2: burning bin/cue --> not-readable

    Hi, I'm using Nero 5.5.7.2 on WinXP, using a cheap-o Philips PCRW804. Nero burns from my bin/cue files, but the burned cds always appear to be blank (no data), even though I can see the cds have been "burned". I've tried burning files normally (not from a bin image) using Nero and the cds came...