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  1. I've been doing that for years already! Thanks for being the way you are!
  2. I haven't been around lately but when I do make it back around I see this... Rest easy, Don. You will always be remembered for your kindness.
  3. Wowzers! I was just searching around for a simple gallery style listing for my photos. Most of the programs I found were too complex for what I wanted. This is working great so far. Funny thing is that I have been using the original Picasa for quite some time. Ahh, the benefits of updating your software
  4. kneedrag.net if there is still room to help out. (post #10 above)
  5. I honestly did not know that was the case. This might need a statement on the reseller plans page so people are aware. At one time, I had about 5 domains scattered around. When I was looking to consolidate them into one, I felt I could get a better deal with separate hosting plans since the simple reseller was only 550MB of storage (May 2003) and the Silver plan was 500MB. Unfortunately, I've trimmed the 5 down to 1-1/2 with just email usage on the 1/2.
  6. I've been getting a lot of undeliverable message alerts in my catchall address lately. My main concern is that they are returned spam messages. These have been easy to deal with by just deleting them - until recently. I have received a couple "official" notices from various universities and IT depts informing me that they have originated from my website and will notify my ISP/Host if I do not stop. (one of which is the company I work for!) I chuckled and scoffed them for being idiots but it has made me think. Looking at the messages that were returned with headers intact with the original message, they are not originating from my website but the sending address is [randomuser]@mydomain[dot]com. I managed to get some numbers from a friend in our IT dept at work. Basically, [user]@mywork[dot]com has received ~800 emails, labeled and logged as spam, in just the past week from [random]@mydomain[dot]com. This is a large company with nationwide presence so I know it's not somehting that happened locally. Now for the question: Did I just win a spammer lottery that somehow made my domain address a good one to put in the from field of outgoing attacks or could there be something that is actually happening with my domain? If someone were to report my domain as an originator, would TCH be able to look at logs and see that my domain sends maybe 10 emails a week and a claim of hundreds would be false?
  7. Sure, send it this way. I have two accounts that could be poked and proded
  8. For me, it just took a bit of time to set the aggressiveness of SA. By editing the config through cPanel, I set the number of hits to 4.2 (Detects most spam that comes in and re-writes the header to indicate it as such) Sometimes it tags a legit message, such as Aunt Mary's 30x forwards to everyone in her address book, but I consider those spam anyway.
  9. Jim and others, You are correct in playing by the wallet. The choice of card would depend solely on the extent of use. The nVidia vs. ATI arguement is moot. All the cards are basically equal when compared across the board against similar units. As Mike also pointed out, the battle will always continue between both manufacturers and the choice ultimately depends on the consumer's preference for brand. I dislike responding like this, as I feel I am trolling rather than partaking in a conversation. By chip, I'm assuming you refer to the graphics chip, correct? If the card is AGP 8X compliant, the GPU will surely be capable of handling the bandwidth to utilize the full potential of 8X AGP. What will choke is the rest of the system. I was involved in the development of NR2003 (Papyrus Racing Games) During the production, I used a test system that consisted of a P4-3.06 (with hyperthreading), 8X AGP, various graphics cards-(Radeon 9700Pro, GF4-ti4600...basically anything I could get commercially at the time, except a pre-production Matrox Parhelia that was provided for testing), fully optimized systems, yada, yada, yada. With all the best stuff I could get my hands on, I was never, never, able to get the game to run wide-open. PRG designed the game to take full advantage of DX9, 8X AGP, Hyperthreading, etc... The game is capable of much more than the system can provide. Simply put, you can build the best possible system available now (6 months after the release of NR2003) and you will still not be able to run the game maxxed out (max resolution@32-bit / 16xAA / 8x-anisotropic) The developers are aware of what's available and they used everything they could when creating the game. Granted, not everyone will require the use of a fully optimized system, but saying that nothing has been made to support that fully optimized system would be incorrect. FWIW, also check out BF1942 (EA Games) If you can currently run that game at its maximum potential, you either have a better system than is currently available or you have a cryogenically-cooled, seriously overclocked system. -Jeff
  10. That's not entirely true. There are quite a few games that are optimized to take full-advantage of the features in DX9. No, they don't 'require' DX9 to play, but combining a card that is able to take full advantage of DX9 would enhance the playing experience, hence, newer technology. Plus, there may be a time, not too far down the road, where a DX9 compliant card will be required. Why not, since the prices are virtually the same, take advantage of the time and purchase the newer card? Jimxdat, You were looking at the Radeon 9000. It's not a bad card. I would recommend the nVidia card, however. The newer chipset takes full advantage of 8X AGP(AGP3.0), 4X, 2X, 1X(AGP2.0) and DX9(and earlier), along with being backwards compatible with older technologies. Either of the budget cards would easily fill your AGP slot and give you a tremendous graphical upgrade over your old V5500. If you want bang-for-you-buck, support of old/new technologies, and longevity in a graphics card, go with the nVidia (Gainward) -Jeff
  11. Here is another choice that is sub-$100: FX5200 Specs from Gainward Never mind that reviews have slated the card with low 3d Mark scores and that it essentially 'doesn't stand up to other cards'. If you're not heavy into 3D gaming, but would like to have a good, reliable card for the few moments you do play a game, this is a good card. Gainward has a good reputation for producing a quality card. Combined with nVidia's record for driver support, you can be assured a quality peice of hardware for a long time. Did that sound a little biased? Well, I guess I am biased towards ATI. How long did it take ATI to release an 'official' catalyst release for the Radeon cards? How long did it take for a 3rd party to write up a OGL wrapper, which ATI condemned saying their cards were never designed to work with OGL, so Radeon users could play OGL optimized games? WIth that aside, one also has to look at the card itself. Yes, the newer Radeon cards are smokers! Unfortunately, you would need an up-to-date, optimized 3Ghz+ system before you really start to notice the graphical differences. I jumped on the Radeon bandwagon instead of the then upcoming FX series from nVidia. I also followed the bandwagon to return the card once it was discovered that until ATI released a driver that would actually allow the newer cards to perform, a ti200 would outperform it. Granted, nVidia flopped on the release of the FX "dustbusters", in which they quickly said 'oops'. I guess that made them even... It's all moot really. For each application, one card will perfom better than the other. Look at a comparison between AMD and Intel processors. What about VIA-Cyrix processors? If you want cream-of-the-crop gaming, you choose Intel. If you want application functionality, you would look towards AMD. If you want a cheap, yet reliable processor for that Linux file server or home gateway tucked away in the closet, you would look towards a Duron, Celeron, or VIA-Cyrix chip. All choices are user specific.
  12. Another thing to check is the parallel port mode in the BIOS. I had 'issues', for lack of a better word, with my K7S5A and printers unless the port mode was set to ECP+EPP, and auto resources. In addition, I also had to disable COM2 (serial Port2) in order to get the computer to effectively communicate with the printer. Don't ask why, as there is no real reason COM2 should conflict with LPT1. My ECS settings are: Onboard parallel port: AUTO Port Mode: ECP+EPP IRQ: AUTO DMA: AUTO Any other settings than that and Win2K choked when trying to send a job to the printer. Like your problem, diagnostics could see and identify the printer, but 2-way communication could not establish, thus no print jobs were successfull. If you can get an ECS board to configure, and maintain that configuration, it's a great board. If it won't cooperate, they are nothing but headaches. With all the issues I had with this board, it quickly became the new heart of my closet-mounted file/backup server.
  13. Another FP refugee. I started hosting with FP around Feb 2001. Things were actually pretty good back then - they even had an ICQ contact that was right there to answer questions 24/7. Things went downhill for me in Jan of this year when I tried to renew the domain/hosting account. Luckily, I used my Discover card to secure the original hosting. What's funny is I never did renew my hosting accounts, they just renewed them automatically. (never saw that 'feature' nor am I able to find it displayed anywhere <_< ) The topper to all that was FP demanding me to send a front/back photocopy of my Discover card and driver's license in order to receive a refund. Heh, I don't think so - CROOKS! FP is still holding $140 hostage but now they have to deal with Discover about it. I honestly cannot recall how I ran across TCH, but I am so happy I did. It only took one visit to the TCH site, including a browse through the forums and a test drive of the live chat to ask some questions, and my decision was made. Here I am and here is where I plan to stay! TCH Rocks
  14. LOL...why is it that the first thing I thought of was the old "All your base" flash?
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