Search results

  1. 6

    Vacation for BoberFett, please

    See this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=42&threadid=2038419&enterthread=y It deserves a response. Don't lock this thread without an explanation, please. Post this topic again and it's you who will be banned. AnandTech Moderator
  2. 6

    Vacation for BoberFett, please

    http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...STARTPAGE=28&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear He's mad that I have pointed out several of his mistakes. Now he says, "So tell me, what's it like going through life as both an idiot and an asshole?".
  3. 6

    Amazon to open DRM-free online music store

    http://tech.yahoo.com/blog/null/10608;_ylt=Am21oluvXoD_9sc_zJ9rBM7xLJA5 I would certainly pay 99 cents each for DRM-free tracks. I'd probably stop buying CDs since I'm not all that concerned about the lossy MP3 compression.
  4. 6

    Is the author of this post a religious person?

    There is only one God, regardless of what names you choose to give Him (by "Him", I do wish that the English had a respectful pronoun that implied the embodiment of both genders, unlike "it" which is a disrespectful neuter prounoun). Slightly off topic, I believe that the true nature of God...
  5. 6

    Relgion or science?

    discuss
  6. 6

    Simulated vote on Intelligent Design in public school curriculums

    It's very simple. If there were a national referendum to decide this issue (I know it won't happen), would you vote for or against the inclusion of this quasi-scientific theory in public school curriculums? I would argue that we cannot afford to let sham science be taught in our classrooms if...
  7. 6

    Billy Joel = one tone deaf mofo

    Just goes to show what studio magic can do.
  8. 6

    Fujitsu S6000 series discontinued?

    Is it discontinued or are they just working on a new model? It's no longer featured on their website. The last one I remember seeing was the S6240.
  9. 6

    Two abducted children found in Missouri apartment

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/LAW/01/13/boys.found/index.html I was just watching a press release. The funniest moment definitely came when the long-winded father of one of the boys grandly declared, "Our children are our most precious commodity." They obviously should either lock the...
  10. 6

    Thinkpad T60 $894

    http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/notebooks/thinkpad/t-series/index.html This deal is sweet because you can start at $894 and configure it from there, unlike many of their previous direct deals. upgrade to Core 2 Duo 2GHz from 1.66GHz - $50 upgrade to 14" SXGA+ - $50 upgrade to X1300 from GMA950...
  11. 6

    Please give dmcowen674 a timeout

    He is consistently one of the most ignorant, arrogant people on the P & N and Off Topic forums. He often contributes nothing, merely making unfounded personal attacks on people including name-calling. A latest tiny sample, not his worst: Text
  12. 6

    Parroty threads, Yay or Nay?

    How does ATOT feel about threads parroting other threads? Let's get an actual consensus on this. I think they're usually worth a quick laugh.
  13. 6

    Pixel art is cool!

    So I'm decorating my one-year-old's room, and I stumble on these "eBoy" posters. Man, they are just wicked cool-- very vibrant and full of detail. They seem to do a lot of cityscapes, like this one of Singapore (credits). Anyone else like this stuff? I'm ordering a 47 X 33 poster of NYC...
  14. 6

    Spammer "KillerNotebooks"

    There is a new member called "KillerNotebooks" spamming the SFF/Notebook forum, trying to direct traffic toward his/her site killernotebooks.com . KillerNotebooks has left the building. AnandTech Moderator
  15. 6

    FSM or Bob?

    You're being carjacked, skyjacked, pastajacked, whatever. The jacker holds a gun to your head and demands, upon pain of death, that you convert to either The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or The Church of the Subgenius. Which do you choose, and why?
  16. 6

    Got my T60, finally!

    At long last, my Thinkpad T60 arrived. I am impressed with how cool and quiet it runs, at least compared with my current crappy HP work laptop. The non-IPS 14" screen is brighter than that on my last Thinkpad. I like it plenty, even for things like photo editing (I haven't...
  17. 6

    Lenovo shipping woes

    I originally ordered my Thinkpad T60 in mid-April, and the next day received word that delivery would be delayed until at least 6/7. I wasn't happy, but decided to wait. Well, last week they upped the ship date all of a sudden, and shipped it within two days! I was thrilled. Not now. It...
  18. 6

    Was Michael Jackson guilty?

    but OJ Simpson and Michael Jackson are two of the biggest cases recently where someone got off that most people think is guilty. I'm not asking if he should have walked or not... just, do you think he's a child molester? This is a follow-on to this thread about OJ Simpson. These cases...
  19. 6

    Anyone heard of Safeware?

    I would like to get theft insurance for my laptop. Googling found links to www.safeware.com and mention of "SystemSure" (an insurance policy they offer) from several universities and other orgs. I figure they are not a fly-by-night operation if multiple universities use them. I quoted theft...
  20. 6

    Please vote on a RAID idea

  21. 6

    Laptop-like PDA

    A few years ago an acquaintance of mine showed up with a very slim notebook-like device. It ran a pocket OS, had a flash drive as its only storage (no hard drive), an a decent-sized screen and keyboard: probably around a 12" screen. The cool think was it was practically instant-on when he...
  22. 6

    Sex offender sentencing

    It's very simple: what do you think should happen to someone who rapes a child? Just so that there is no discussion involving edge cases, such as 18-year-olds sleeping with their 17-year-old significant others (which are quite easy to solve anyway), I will stipulate that the crime in question...
  23. 6

    x1600/V5200 performance question

    I am considering buying a Thinkpad T60p soon, and was curious about the gaming performance of the video card, listed as "ATI Mobility FireGL V5200 - 256 MB". As I understand it, this card is basically an x1600 with workstation-class drivers. fbrdphreak posted a link to these helpful tests...
  24. 6

    Dell fraud

    My wife's Inspiron 300m, which I bought a little over three years ago, was nearing the end of its warranty. My wife was experiencing some problems with the laptop, so about three weeks prior to the expiration of the warranty we logged a support call. They said they would schedule a visit and...
  25. 6

    Thinkpad X60/X60s question (FOUND ANSWER)

    These laptops seem to have great battery life, from the few reviews I can find. About the 8-cell battery: does it extend out past the end of the case, and if so by how much? Edit: Sorry, found a picture of the battery JUST after posting this. It seems to extend out the back of the case by...
  26. 6

    Buying a Thinkpad

    The budget remark doesn't mean that I'm rich-- just that I never used to deny myself gadgets. :) Hey. I'm going to law school in the fall, and thought it would be a nice excuse for a new laptop-- and luckily for convincing my better half, when we dragged out my old Dell Inspiron 8250 it had...
  27. 6

    Thinkpad T43 battery question

    If I buy a T43, I need to pick a primary battery. I'd prefer the 6-cell if the 9-cell juts out the back of the case, especially because I can add a modular-bay battery and still get decent battery life. I can't find any information or pictures that will help me-- does anyone know? Thanks.
  28. 6

    Motherboard-controlled RAID question

    I'm not very sure about how the internals of NCQ work, although I've read some specifications and other random docs. Say that I have an A8N-SLI motherboard and I decide to use two NCQ-enabled drives with the nForce4 RAID 0 controller, is this throwing the benefits of NCQ out the window (or...
  29. 6

    Thanks for a great camera recommendation.

    I just want to say that based on this review of the Canon Digital Rebel XT, I was intrigued enough to do more research and wound up buying one yesterday. I have an aging Olympus P & S 3MP camera that's decent, but I wanted to be able to take near-perfect pictures when my baby arrives in July...