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    "imported_" in my username

    Add me to the list as well.
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    Do you think less of somone who does not have a degree?

    I don't view people any differently with a degree or not. I have met several people with degrees who are about as ignorant as someone without one. People/companies in this day and age hold college degrees a little higher in the experience market than they should and it shows. More than once I've...
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    Want to stream H.264 files to my TV

    How is the unit giving my problems? It is doing what I expected it to do. I have videos working fine on it at the moment after playing with formats and containers. The xbox accepts less codec/formats than the dlink and most the a/v nut people I talk to locally never heard of popcorn hour. I can...
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    Want to stream H.264 files to my TV

    Go troll somewhere else please.
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    Want to stream H.264 files to my TV

    Not compatible with the DSM-750. WMC does what I need anyways.
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    Want to stream H.264 files to my TV

    Got it running last night. The videos I have tested so far are H.264 converts in .mp4 containers. The animations (Family Guy DVD rips) run great. I can't tell them from the dvd's themselves in quality. The movies I'm still working on. they are about 80% but there is some pixelation around the...
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    Want to stream H.264 files to my TV

    Thanks for your inquisitive detailed reply. If you read the OP I was interested in hearing anyone who has had experience with this unit. I have read several reviews and saw a lot of bad ones. I also saw a lot of bad reviews for most hardware I buy and I am happy with them so how accurate are...
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    Want to stream H.264 files to my TV

    I like to try different OS's and figured it was time for s2k8. I was originally asking for opinions on the DSM-750 from those who used it but no one really offered anything that interested me. The xbox360 was a suggestion from a friend but even they thought it was a waste for what I needed...
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    Want to stream H.264 files to my TV

    1. Xbox360 was designed for many things and I would only be using one of them. With the issues they have gone through and not being a console game player, it would be a waste. 2. The server is a win2k3 based server (came with the license) and I was trying win2K8 to see how it was. Last check...
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    Want to stream H.264 files to my TV

    I priced out a media PC before this. With OS and new hardware it would be $400-500 for a decent one. I heard the same type of reviews on every media player/extender out there. I got to the point I sorted through the "OMG this sux, it doesn't serve butter on my toast" reviews and looked for...
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    Want to stream H.264 files to my TV

    I prefer to keep it simple at this point. I just want to preset the settings/compression/codec I want, queue up the vobs and let it convert all in one program.
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    Want to stream H.264 files to my TV

    I looked at handbrake before, wasn't impressed with it at the time. DVD Catalyst is nice once it is setup and tuned to what I need. I can set up the quality settings, and queue up a ton of ripped dvd's and hit start without having to tailor each dvd and it's video/audio settings. Currently...
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    Want to stream H.264 files to my TV

    DVD HD Fab Decryptor (Free version) to a vob then DVD Catalyst (nice software for the price) to H264. Does a decent job and looks on par with other compression formats I tried. Already had the whole library converted to Xvid/AC3 audio but I didn't care for it and a lot of media...
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    Want to stream H.264 files to my TV

    I am working on haivng all my DVD's backed up to a Win 2k8 Server box downstairs. All are in the process of being converted to H.264/AVI format. I am getting a nicer LCD TV soon and want to be able to watch the movies off the server and avoid messing with DVD's (already have a 5 DVD player for...
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    The steak I'm eating right now

    Never been a fan of anything raw. Undercooked maybe but not raw like that.
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    Email Form Field

    I found some nice forms off this web site: http://www.thewebhelp.com/php/...with_image_validation/ So I tested it and found that anyone can enter anything in the email address field and send it. The web site has a problem with people just sending in junk stuff and this gives us no way to...
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    How legal is this?

    I respect the right to own guns. However, carrying one everywhere you go for the "wow" factor is a little overboard. I have no issues with Open Carry/CCW, just be tactful about it and use common sense.
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    How legal is this?

    I agree. I respect the right to bear arms but pushing the issue and carrying the gun in plain sight everywhere someone goes is a little overboard. Also the "if you don't use a right, it is a wasted right" is not a good argument in this sense.
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    How legal is this?

    I asked a question on this forum about a topic unrelated to the video subject. People wanted cliff notes and I gave them that. I don't agree with what you did but it doesn't mean I have an axe to grind or am vindictive. If anyone who doesn't agree with your actions is vindictive, then it must be...
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    How legal is this?

    The author of the video likes to challenge those who aren't fully knowledgeable in his rights. His current trend is open carry of a firearm in Washington (legal in that state) into private businesses and "educating" the staff on his rights.
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    How legal is this?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpjn2eexE38 Long story short, this guy has an agenda to prove his firearm rights. He also likes attention so he posted this video on another forum and got flamed for it. I am mainly wondering if it was lawful to tape it as he did. He refuses to edit the faces...
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    USB2/Firewire card for server

    I wasn't sure if those slots were backwards compatible. I would like to utilize one of them for a gigabit Ethernet card later on down the road.
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    USB2/Firewire card for server

    I'm more worried about the hardware aspect as this is my personal server.
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    USB2/Firewire card for server

    I need to add Firewire and USB2 capabilities to this server (HP DL380 G2). It has 3 PCI slots with only one left. This is what I have found so far: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16815203001 I don't recognize the brand and am unsure if it will work in this server. Any...
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    Email Form Field

    Title says most of it. Right now I have a direct email link as a "Contact Us" on my web site. I would like to make a form field where the sender enters their information and it gets sent to us. I have searched it and found literally thousands of ways of doing it. I'm not good with CGI and only...
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    IE6 not loading site properly

    I got into an argument over this in another thread. Most of the errors are from scripts and code for the widgets. Removing all of those doesn't change the page errors in IE6. The CSS code (probably more closer to the problem) validates fine.
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    IE6 not loading site properly

    I knew about the issue from the start of the new web site design but ignored it since it worked with all of the other browsers. The right menu gets shoved down to below the content section due to a sizing conflict. Each menu is 150px wide and the content container is 600px wide. My web site is...
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    Computer reboots while playing game

    <$75 is what I wanted to spend. Other than a video card (if needed), I don't plan on upgrading the unit. Thanks for the suggestions. I am thinking of this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16817171016 how is the quality? I need a 24pin so this should fit the bill.
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    Computer reboots while playing game

    Now we established by a majority that it's the power supply. Any suggestions on one for this rig? I don't need a 1000w monster or a gamer one, just one to run the above as we don't plan on adding anymore to it, maybe a budge video card in a future but that's it.
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    Computer reboots while playing game

    I asked before and forgot the answer. What is a decent free tool for checking CPU and GPU temps? A new power supply is on the plate but I would like to check temps for peace of mind. GPU heatsink is stock and I'm running the retail processor that Intel shipped with the CPU with some AS5...
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    Computer reboots while playing game

    Generic 550w that came with the case. I overlooked this, however, wouldn't this affect everything else no matter what is running?
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    Computer reboots while playing game

    Intel E7200 Crucial 2GB DDR2 800 Gigabyte GA-EG31M-S2 Sapphire 1010 ATI Radeon HD 2600XT GDDR2 PCI-X16 Seagate SV35.3 ST3250310SV Windows XP SP3 Just built this budget computer for my wife. She plays The Sims 2. Now the game randomly reboots the computer. She only has this problem while...
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    Need software to convert CRW files to JPG

    Yea, he uses a Canon EOS camera. I checked out Irfanview. It will view them and save them, one at a time. So that will be time prohibitive with a large amount of photos. I'll try the Faststone software, thanks!
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    Need software to convert CRW files to JPG

    My friend took several hundred photos and saved them to CRW (Canon RAW Format). I don't want to install software on every computer I own to view them and would rather convert them to something more common. Are there any programs out there than can mass convert these to something more common...
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    Need to get Firefox3 Bookmarks

    How does one remove the bookmarks from a a firefox installation. Long story short my wife's computer crashed but her hard drive was not harmed. She had FF3 installed and I can't find anything with her bookmarks in there. Also once these are extracted, how are they loaded into the new computer...
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    Some Bootable CD's not booting

    Sorry, I guess I forgot to mention it after looking at my OP. I did set the optical drive as the first bootable device AND also selected it from the "POST boot menu" to boot up as the first bootable device. Same issue persisted. I decided it was the motherboard after running memtest86 for 12...
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    Good budget PCI-E x16 card?

    This is going in my wife's computer who plays at most, The Sims 2. She was using a Radeon X700 but it is AGP and due to unforeseen problems I am upgrading her computer to a Gigabyte GA-EG31M-S2 with a Core 2 Duo E7200 and Crucial 2GB DDR2 800 RAM. Anyways, I'm down to finding a video card...
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    Some Bootable CD's not booting

    My wife's computer booted up to a corrupt file in windows XP. So I tried booting off of the original XP cd to get to the recovery/repair console and it wouldn't boot off of it. So I try a backup CDR I had, same thing. I replaced the optical drive and no change. I tried it with a memtest86...
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    Mirroring a folder over network

    I have a Windows 2003 Server in the basement with all of my stuff on it include my main folder with information I use daily. For about a year now I keep the main use folder on the server and use it through a mapped drive on the local PC. I copy that folder to my computer (XP SP3) once a week as...
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    Is this worth using?

    That is nice. I might give a shot, thanks!