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  1. CubanCorona

    I need some help!!!

    I have a hunch that these images are fake. I need some help from you guys to see if I'm right. http://img6.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=rank1j.gif For example, check out the bottom of 306kb. What is that really light text that is superimposed on the image? It doesn't appear to be from the...
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    Stereo input mod

    For the longest time, I was content with burning CD's in order to make use of my fairly extensive music collection in my motorized carriage. But then my car started to look like a CD printing press vomited all over the interior... So, inspired by some fairly elite modders in some car...
  3. CubanCorona

    iPhone

    This is for those Apple aficionados out there: I've historically used the "manually manage" mode for my iPhone due to the size of my library. For various reasons, I'm considering switching to "playlist sync" mode. I'm not sure about these questions though: 1. I'd like the songs that...
  4. CubanCorona

    XP built-in backup software

    I set up a daily incremental backup using the built-in XP backup program. It appears to run every day at the set time, but I have observed that the modified-at time-stamp of the destination backup file does not change. So: 1. Does the backup program generate any kind of logs or...
  5. CubanCorona

    Ruby on Rails Scalability

    I've heard a good amount about issues with the scalability of websites implemented on Rails. As I understand it, a lot of the scalability problems can be avoided by taking a "shared nothing" approach, which makes intuitive sense. Does anyone have any good input on this? In particular...
  6. CubanCorona

    Free note-taking software?

    I'm looking a simple and intuitive program for taking notes in law school classes. The notes will consist mostly of text with simple markup and the occasional chart or diagram. Any favorites?
  7. CubanCorona

    Network card resource conflict

    I recently had the motherboard and network card in my Sony Vaio replaced. Sometimes during POST I receive two "Resource Conflict - PCI Network Controller" messages. Why would this happen sometimes and not others? At first I was not able to see a common thread among the occurrences, but...
  8. CubanCorona

    Network card resource conflict *moved*

    *post moved*
  9. CubanCorona

    Laptop hangs after being on for a while

    It's a VAIO PCG-R505 I opened her up and all fans (including CPU) seem to be working fine. When it hangs, it just freezes up completely--no mouse movement, HDD access light stays on if it was on when freeze occurred. Replaced HDD, but no luck. Again, it hangs even when I let it sit...
  10. CubanCorona

    Backup software?

    I have an external HDD on which I would like to keep a mirrored copy of a folder on my internal HDD. Setting up a nightly batch xcopy produces memory errors (apparently this is a problem with xcopy). Additionally, it seems like a waste to re-copy even the files that have not changed since...
  11. CubanCorona

    Generate XML in Ruby on Rails

    I need to dynamically generate an xml file that can be requested by client-side javascript. For some reason, simply using the standard controller action with the template turned off is not working: I can browse to /controller/action to view the xml file, but the client-side javascript does not...
  12. CubanCorona

    Ruby on Rails

    Is it possible to render a template for an action not within the current controller? e.g., render :controller => 'different', :action => 'index' If there is both controller_name.rhtml and application.rhtml within the layouts directory, can I specify which layout to use (or alternatively...
  13. CubanCorona

    Paper Walls by Yellowcard (album)

    Has anyone heard this album? It's absolutely amazing. It really is the first album in a long time that I really WANT to listen to from start to end. When people ask me which songs are good, I just tell them, "Put it in and press play." You will really enjoy this album if you like: Jimmy...
  14. CubanCorona

    Good web developing forum?

    I'm looking for a good forum for web developing discussion. Does anyone have any good recommendations?
  15. CubanCorona

    Touchpad Inverted!?

    I have a Sony Vaio SZ340 with an Alps touchpad. Windows XP Pro. Every now and then when I restart the computer or resume from standby (or hibernate), the touchpad is inverted!! A restart usually fixes the problem. There are no settings in the mouse properties for inversion. Any ideas...
  16. CubanCorona

    Competing DHCP Servers

    If you have competing DHCP servers on a network, what will happen? Is there any way to force a host to listen to one preferentially over the other?
  17. CubanCorona

    Laptop won't booth with USB HD connected

    Laptop doesn't even post when HD is connected. Works fine when connected after boot. Any ideas?
  18. CubanCorona

    Laptop boot without HD?

    So for a while my vaio was freezing up at random times. Now it sometimes refuses to boot at all. A few times it has made it (I think) through the POST (the sony logo came up) and said "operating system not found." Sooo I assumed it was a HD problem. But when I disconnect the HD, it doesn't...
  19. CubanCorona

    nForce RAID question

    I had a RAID 1 set running fine. Something happend and the nForce RAID controller stopped recognizing the set. I re-established the set, but the data on the drives is not identical. The nVidia RAID manager recognizes the set and says its status is "rebuilding." However it has been stuck...
  20. CubanCorona

    LEAP on internal Orinoco card

    I have a Sony Vaio laptop that's about 4 years old. It has an internal Orinoco mini PCI wireless card. Is there any way I can get this card to support LEAP under Windows XP? It works in Linux with xsupplicant.
  21. CubanCorona

    Intermittent disconnections caused by router

    It seems like my new Cisco PIX 501 is causing intermittent disconnections. Every now and then AIM just disconnects, but it signs on again right away. It seems to happen like this: I'll be having a conversation with someone and I'll try to send a message, but as soon as I hit enter, AIM...
  22. CubanCorona

    Cisco VPN setup

    I have a 192.168.1.0/24 network behing a Cisco PIX 501 with the remote-access enabled and split tunneling enabled. This is the main office network I have another network (192.168.2.0/24) also behind a Cisco PIX 501 at a remote location. When I configure this router to connect to the main...
  23. CubanCorona

    Cisco PIX 501 Port-forwarding

    I configured my 501 to forward inbound traffic to the outside interface to a host on the internal network: access-list out-in permit tcp any host X.X.X.X eq www access-group out-in in interface outside static (inside,outside) tcp interface www 192.168.1.2 www netmask 255.255.255.255 0 0...
  24. CubanCorona

    Hard drive beeping noises?!

    I have two Seagate Barracude SATA drives on a mobo integrated Silicon Image SATA RAID controller. After the OS started freezing up, I noticed beeping noises coming from the drives! Yes, I opened up the case and indeed the noises are coming from BOTH drives! Any idea what's going on here...
  25. CubanCorona

    Small Business VPN

    I'm looking to set up a VPN tunnel between two small business networks. I need a VPN router with internet connection sharing and NAT functionality. It also needs to be relatively rock solid as far as stability goes. Does anybody have any recommendations? I'd like to keep the cost down...
  26. CubanCorona

    Good place for LCD TV reviews?

    Sorry if this seems a little off topic-- Does anyone know of any good sites with LCD TV reviews? I tend to shy away from more commercial sites like CNET... I think they sometimes succumb to commercial influences.
  27. CubanCorona

    HD death

    Is it just me, or do hard drives fail pretty regularly? It seems like every other rig I put together has some kind of hard drive problem after a year or two. I usually buy well known brands. What gives? What?s the best way to diagnose a hard drive problem? Usually when I hear loud...
  28. CubanCorona

    Multiple Sounds Cards

    If you have two sound cards, is it possible to direct sound output to both of them simultaneously?
  29. CubanCorona

    List DNS subdomains

    If I have a domain such as microsoft.com and I want to see all of the subdomains, can I do this? In other words, how do you ask a DNS server, "What subdomains do you know about for this domain?" I think this has an easy answer, but I haven't been able to find it. Maybe it can't be done...
  30. CubanCorona

    WiFi WEP Question

    How often are new IV's generated? Are they generated for every packet or every frame?
  31. CubanCorona

    Win2k AS Mysteriously Crashing

    I have a web server running Win2k AS. It had been running beautifully for about a year, but a few weeks ago it started crashing on a daily basis. Basically it just locks up (the mouse and keyboard are unresponsive) and it no longer responds to network requests. The event log offers no...
  32. CubanCorona

    Quick Sockets Programming Question

    Suppose you are using java sockets to send data via TCP to a remote host. If you call the send() method multiple times, TCP will aggregate your messages into a single packet. My question is this: If you send a short message (much less than MTU) using send(), are there any circumstances in...
  33. CubanCorona

    193P

    My 193P came today! So far I love it. The colors are amazing, and I haven't noticed any ghosting while playing HL2. I only have 2 complaints: 1. They don't make a black version!! This isn't a big deal, but it would be nice to have the option. 2. The cable connectors in the back of the...
  34. CubanCorona

    Samsung 19" LCD monitor

    I was shopping around for a new 19" LCD monitor, and after some debate, I decided on the Samsung 193P. While I was looking, I stumbled across the Samsung 910T. It seems to have pretty much all of the same specs as the 193P; however, it's significantly cheaper! I can't, for the life of...
  35. CubanCorona

    Windows XP Service Pack 2 Cripples TCP/IP

    I just built this system yesterday. It's an Athlon 64 on an Asus K8N (nForce3 250). I'm using the mobo integrated LAN. The system was up and running Windows XP perfectly with all the updates up to SP1. The internet was working fine. After installing SP2, some web pages would not load...
  36. CubanCorona

    Journey to the Center of the Sony Vaio

    I love my Vaio PCG-R505, but recently the power socket has been acting up. I have to jiggle the cable around a bit in order to get it to work. I'd like to open up the case and look for the problem, but I haven't been able to find any disassembly guides for this particular model. Can someone...
  37. CubanCorona

    Linux kernel hacking: procfs

    I'm trying to modify procfs so that not all processes are shown. I changed the get_pid_list() function in /fs/proc/base.c. To filter out the processes that I want to hide. This works in the sense that ls /proc does not show the processes which I've chosen to filter. However, the last...
  38. CubanCorona

    Memory upgrade problems?

    A friend of mine added two additional 128 MB DIMMs to her dell desktop which originally had one 128 MB DIMM for a total of 384 MB. She says that since the upgrage, her computer has been crashing and acting up. It frequently gives errors saying that the memory at XXXX could not be read. Is...
  39. CubanCorona

    SoundBlaster Audigy Audio HQ

    I recently reformatted my system, but I've been unable to find my Audigy install disk. Everything works fine without the creative software; however, I need Audio HQ to change the settings on some of the outputs. Creative does not have Audio HQ for download on their site. If there is any way...
  40. CubanCorona

    Javascript question

    I have a webpage with an image on it. The image is dynamically loaded using ASP. In order to preserve the layout of my page, I must make sure that the image width is less than 500 pixels. If it is not, I need to set <img width='500'. I wrote a small segment of code that checks the image...