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Preventative measure #2, although I know it's been mentioned already: Don't buy anything from Sony. Tell them that you were going to buy X product, but now you won't. If it was a music CD, tell the artist. I concur, bhtooefr's measure is an effective way... call Sony and also call/write/email the a...

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Slashdot has reported that you can hide your WoW cheats with the Sony rootkit! http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/11/03/187215.shtml?tid=158&tid=206 I do not think there is any way to prevent this from escallating further. We now have a widely demonstrated successfull windows rootkit that will succe...

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One more reason for you to get 64 bit edition of windows XP, Sony can then not rootkit your system when you load one of their media players from a DRM disk... Very compelling reason.

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Large corporations are neither good guys nor bad guys. They are entities looking out for their own interests. When those happen to coincide with your interests, they can be a powerful force for your good. When their interests are at odds with yours, they can be a powerful force for harm. In this ca...

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Yeah, before I saw this thread I forwarded the link to news@techreport in case Scott wants to do a front page article on it. It sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen to me (whether a private suit, a class action, or something brought by the FTC or one of the EU commissions). I don't know if you r...

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I was just thinking about that article on Ars, which was very well done imho. You sum it up well, this discovery really does bring to light how Sony is preparing for the big push into making cash based solely on content and DRM exploitations. Almost makes M$ look like the good guy.. letting you plug...

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Mark over at systinternals.com wrote in his blog that he found a rootkit installed on his computer by, of all things, a DRM protected Van Zant music CD. Sony installs it onto your system without EULA notification (although that may have changed now) and provides no uninstaller for it. This is illega...

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Your question is not really clear...

Are you asking if there are any other database driven file download applications other than pafiledb?

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Ducati 916. Fun bike, not easy to ride and sucks to commute on. But, handles like a dream, stops on a dime and has great power.

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I used to do a lot of RC Dirt oval racing all over the west coast about 10-15 years ago. Had a heavily modified RC10 (The original): composite chassis, trackmaster direct drive, Ti pins and dogbones, handbuilt shock towers, teflon coated shocks etc... Used to run a Novak T1X, some super-mini receive...

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Yea. Kinda interesting seeing what the real temp of things are.

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I have a couple of 15GXP's running in RAID in my server. Been there running non stop for two+ years now. I found the trick was to keep them Very cool. All my GXP's are still running, with the exception of a 30 Gb model when the case fan cooling it failed.

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I got a more expensive unit that I use all over the place. Measuring reaction temps in the lab, checking head temp on my RC car and for tuning engines....

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Build your own for a lot less and be just as effective. The unit is new and unproven but a good idea. If you havent built your own in six months and want a turnkey solution, look them up; they should have all the bugs worked out by then.

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Almost any watercooling system will be as good as a very good air cooled HSF unit and a lot quieter. The added advantage is that if you spend a little money early on, you can transfer your h20 cooler into new systems as you upgrade. I built my first watercooler from a 60 gph pond pump, a transmissio...

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I built a computer out of my spare parts bin that has been acting as web/ftp/file server for my house for the past two years. As long as you get a stable OS (NT4, Linux) you can set it up, plug it in and not worry about it for a few years. It is an AMD Duron 800@1000 with 256 Mb RAM, TNT PCI video o...

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Excellent, thanks for the tip.

Sounds like I can get away with CAS2.5 and PC3200 DDR RAM and save myself serious $.

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Cheap 60 gph pond pump
Aluminum Trans cooler 14x8
Tank is a 4x4x4 waterproof electrical junction box
H2O block Dangerden Maze2
Tygon tubing
10% water wetter in DI H2O.

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Just a question; but what is the Real performance difference between CAS 2 and 2.5 memory at either 2700 or 3200? Is it worth what would essentially be a doubling in cost, just for the extra latency boost? This comes up because my number cruncher has a bad 256 Mb stick of 2100 CAS2 DDR RAM in it and...

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I would say mix and match. Dangerden waterblock definately. Get a pump from any online aquarium supplier and grab a radiator from the auto parts store or even better a motorcycle wrecker. Ones from KX80's work great. Tubing can be purchased from the hardware store.

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If it burns your lap, its too hot!

Wasnt there some poor sap who burned his privates on a laptop??

No, seriously, my Compaq 1800 gets to about 130F at the top of the keyboard. Pretty warm.

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Wish I had a 9000. Still using a TNT. Not a TNT2. A TNT!

Play system gets all the good stuff, work system gets parts that work!

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I used to wash powerline insulators from a helicopter.

That wasn't too insane.. except for the time we Hit the powerline with the rotor. That was exciting.

Had to recalibrate my 'pucker factor' scale.

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HowardDrake wrote:
Actually in the ISS design there is a proviso for an OTV, or Orbital Transfer Vehicle, the Japanese H-II transfer vehicle but was pushed back due to budget restraints....

Now an OTV would be exciting. We should throw some $$ at it and have some vision of and for the future.

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TomsHardware just did a big article on DVD(+/-)RW drives. You might want to check it out before plonking down you dough.

Toms DVD Info[/url]

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ericfulmer wrote:
All hail the beauty, simplicity, and perfection of the triple bond.

I like that... Useful little beggers too!

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I guess future shuttles will have to be safer and easier to repair in orbit. If in current shuttles there are not two tiles alike, that's a major design problem. It means you have to carry a helluva lot of tiles for reimplacements. What I think is that we need a new orbiter. No doubt about it. Curr...

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Fixing the shuttle in orbit is impossible. The nature of the tiles is such that there are No Two Alike . Replacing tiles on the shuttle takes someone with years of experence and training to do correctly and is a slow and meticulus proceedure. Not something that can be done in orbit. They are in a to...

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Was watching the news when they broke in with the report.

This is terrible. I watched the takeoff of Challenger in '86 when it blew up.

Truly a sad day

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I usualy take an old pass-thru molex connector and solder the wires into that. Easy way to make it work.

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Memory--- CAS2 - 2.5 does it matter anymore?